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Vladimir vs Alistar

How to Beat Alistar as Vladimir in LoLVladimir is in the a tier of champions
Mage
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How to Beat Alistar as Vladimir

based on 2,057 Vladimir vs Alistar matchups
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
2.56
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked LoL matches each and every week. In our database, Vladimir engaged Alistar 2057 times. Having so many games with Vladimir vs Alistar gives us confidence in our capacity to produce useful data and a recommended build to annihilate your foe. This particular counter pairing is fairly rare. Vladimir has to counter Alistar in only 1.8% of his games.

Vladimir vs Alistar Matchup Summary

Vladimir has done a decent job of countering Alistar. Typically, he wins a acceptable 51.8% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Vladimir vs Alistar rounds, Vladimir’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood, implying that he probably won't get first blood against Alistar.

Best Vladimir vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeDark Seal

Core Vladimir Items

~22 Mins
Cosmic DriveRiftmakerLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurgeZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Vladimir to level upq
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Second ability for Vladimir to level upe
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Last skill for Vladimir to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakTranscendenceGathering Storm
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Vladimir's passive ability p
Vladimir's q ability q
Vladimir's w ability w
Vladimir's e ability e
Vladimir's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Vladimir

Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Alistar

Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.

Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.

Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.

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.

Vladimir vs Alistar Counter Stats

Vladimir Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Alistar Image
6.3
< Kills >
1.9
5
< Deaths >
5.9
6.5
< Assists >
13.7
1.44
< Killing Sprees >
0.34
182
< Minions Killed >
33
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.48
1,023
< Physical Damage >
1,317
23,944
< Magic Damage >
6,995
412
< True Damage >
928
25,380
< Damage Dealt >
9,241
32,338
< Damage Taken >
25,720
11,615
< Gold Earned >
8,285
1.99
< Towers >
1.83
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0
28,069
< Total Healing >
9,206
14,511
< Experience >
10,176
15
< Vision Score >
54
8
< Wards Placed >
24
118
< Time Dealing CC >
247

How to Counter Alistar with Vladimir in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify some influential Vladimir versus Alistar counter stats that can help us realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Alistar. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Vladimir often has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Alistar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Vladimir and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Vladimir
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Vladimir
Alistar

Who is Better, Vladimir or Alistar?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vladimir usually wins when taking on Alistar, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Vladimir makes a good counter to Alistar.

While Vladimir does have a higher winrate compared to Alistar, when facing one another, Vladimir also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Vladimir into Alistaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Vladimir also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Alistar matchups, Vladimir is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Vladimir is a decent counter for Alistar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Vladimir against Alistar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Vladimir

Vladimir Loses Against

LilliaLillia45.2% winrateMalzaharMalzahar45.6% winrateTrundleTrundle45.9% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser46.6% winrate

Vladimir Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee55.8% winrateSejuaniSejuani55.3% winrateKarthusKarthus54.7% winrateOlafOlaf54.7% winrate

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Additional Information for Vladimir Players

How We Calculated Our Vladimir vs Alistar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Alistar as Vladimir, we analyzed 2,057 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 Vladimir 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.

Other Useful Resources

Vladimir Build Alistar Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vladimir in order to counter Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Vladimir typically picks up much more CS as Alistar. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Vladimir versus Alistar build include Cosmic Drive, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Vladimir incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Alistar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Vladimir boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when playing against Alistar with this build.

To have the greatest chance of beating Alistar as Vladimir, you should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Vladimir vs Alistar matchups, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.

If you want to get Vladimir vs Alistar tips and counter builds for a an individual division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies given are computed using every match played with these champions.