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Sett vs Alistar

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How to Beat Alistar as Sett

based on 1,777 Sett vs Alistar matchups
Win Rate
52.1 %
K/D/A
1.78
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League matches every week. Within our data, Sett faced Alistar in 1777 matches. With so many matchups for Sett versus Alistar provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to provide useful stats and a recommended build to defeat your enemy. This pairing is fairly rare. Sett fights Alistar in only 1.6% of his games.

Sett vs Alistar Matchup Summary

Sett has done a good job of beating Alistar. Typically, he wins a whopping 52.1% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Sett versus Alistar games, Sett’s side is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood versus Alistar.

Best Sett vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordGlowing Mote

Core Sett Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Optional Items

Black CleaverHullbreakerDead Man's PlateSterak's Gage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sett to level upq
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Second ability for Sett to level upw
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Last skill for Sett to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindUnflinching
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Sett's passive ability p
Sett's q ability q
Sett's w ability w
Sett's e ability e
Sett's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Sett

Advice to Win Against Alistar

Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.

When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.

Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.

Sett vs Alistar Counter Stats

Sett Image
Win Rate
52.1 %
VS
Win Rate
47.9 %
Alistar Image
5.8
< Kills >
2.1
6.5
< Deaths >
6.2
5.8
< Assists >
14.1
1.32
< Killing Sprees >
0.36
153
< Minions Killed >
33
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.45
17,484
< Physical Damage >
1,375
263
< Magic Damage >
7,211
5,488
< True Damage >
893
23,236
< Damage Dealt >
9,480
34,644
< Damage Taken >
26,606
11,551
< Gold Earned >
8,464
2.66
< Towers >
1.73
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0
6,039
< Total Healing >
9,547
14,195
< Experience >
10,449
18
< Vision Score >
53
9
< Wards Placed >
23
178
< Time Dealing CC >
294

How to Counter Alistar with Sett in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several valuable Sett vs. Alistar counter statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Sett’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sett may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Alistar. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Sett often has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Alistar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Sett and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Sett
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sett
Alistar

Who is Better, Sett or Alistar?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sett usually wins when facing off against Alistar, with a 52.1% win rate. Thus, Sett makes a good counter for Alistar.

While Sett does have a higher win rate compared to Alistar, when they face off with one another, Sett also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Sett into Alistar.

Furthermore, Sett has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sett vs Alistar matchups, Sett is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Sett is a good counter to Alistar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sett against Alistar.

Additional Information for Sett Players

How We Calculated Our Sett vs Alistar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Alistar as Sett, we analyzed 1,777 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Alistar as Sett comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Sett in order to counter Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sett typically accumulates much more CS as Alistar. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Sett versus Alistar build include Trinity Force, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Sett combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Alistar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Sett boasted an average win rate of 52.1% battling Alistar with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Alistar as Sett, Sett players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Sett vs Alistar LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.1% win rate overall.

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