Syndra vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Syndra
based on 1,497 Syndra vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Alistar
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Syndra in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several valuable Syndra versus Alistar matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Alistar. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Syndra usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Alistar. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Syndra and Alistar
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Who is Better, Syndra or Alistar?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Syndra usually wins when playing against Alistar, with a 52.2% win rate. Therefore, Syndra makes a good counter to Alistar.
While Syndra does have a higher winrate compared to Alistar, when on opposite teams, Syndra also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Syndra into Alistaras her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Syndra has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Alistar matchups, Syndra is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Syndra is a good counter to Alistar. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Syndra against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Syndra in order to counter Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra most often accumulates much more CS compared to Alistar. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Syndra versus Alistar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Syndra used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Alistar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Syndra had an average winrate of 52.2% when countering Alistar with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Alistar as Syndra, Syndra players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Syndra vs Alistar battles, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.2% winrate overall.
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