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How to Win Volibear vs Alistar Counter MatchupVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear vs Alistar

How to Beat Alistar as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Alistar as Volibear

based on 1,305 Volibear vs Alistar matchups
Win Rate
46.4 %
K/D/A
1.7
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League matches that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Alistar as Volibear resulted from an evaluation of 1305 ranked matches where both champions opposed one another. This particular pairing is relatively rare. Volibear encounters Alistar in only 1.6% of his matches.

Volibear vs Alistar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Volibear does a terrible job of countering Alistar. Typically, he wins a lowly 46.4% of games the champions face off with one another in. In Volibear versus Alistar rounds, Volibear’s side is 0.0% more probable to earn first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Alistar.

Best Volibear vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Spirit VisageNashor's ToothRiftmaker

Optional Items

Titanic HydraSundered SkyTrinity ForceHullbreaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Volibear's passive ability p
Volibear's q ability q
Volibear's w ability w
Volibear's e ability e
Volibear's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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W
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W
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Volibear

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.

Volibear vs Alistar Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
46.4 %
VS
Win Rate
53.6 %
Alistar Image
5.3
< Kills >
2.1
6.6
< Deaths >
5.9
5.9
< Assists >
13.9
1.2
< Killing Sprees >
0.39
134
< Minions Killed >
33
0.47
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.51
10,887
< Physical Damage >
1,350
8,633
< Magic Damage >
6,852
680
< True Damage >
849
20,201
< Damage Dealt >
9,052
32,310
< Damage Taken >
25,337
11,426
< Gold Earned >
8,383
2.56
< Towers >
1.88
0.11
< Baron Takedowns >
0
8,197
< Total Healing >
9,392
13,968
< Experience >
10,319
17
< Vision Score >
51
8
< Wards Placed >
22
565
< Time Dealing CC >
267

How to Counter Alistar with Volibear in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature several influential Volibear vs. Alistar matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Alistar. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.

Volibear usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Alistar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Volibear and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Alistar

Who is Better, Volibear or Alistar?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Volibear usually loses when trying to fight Alistar, with a 46.4% win rate. As a result, Volibear makes a poor counter to Alistar.

While Volibear does have a lower winrate than Alistar, when on opposite teams, Volibear also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Volibear into Alistar.

Moreover, Volibear also has some 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 isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Volibear is a garbage counter to Alistar. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Volibear against Alistar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Volibear

Volibear Loses Against

LilliaLillia42% winrateTeemoTeemo43.9% winrateTaricTaric44% winrateGangplankGangplank44.6% winrate

Volibear Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateEliseElise53.6% winrateHweiHwei53.1% winrateSejuaniSejuani52.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LilliaLillia+ 51.4% 3193 GamesSingedSinged+ 51.5% 672 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 51.9% 11052 GamesSkarnerSkarner+ 52.2% 159 Games

Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Alistar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Alistar as Volibear, we analyzed 1,305 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 Volibear 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

Volibear Build Alistar Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Volibear to counter Alistar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear typically picks up much more CS compared to Alistar. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Volibear versus Alistar build consist of Spirit Visage, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Volibear used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Alistar than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Volibear had an average winrate of 46.4% when countering Alistar with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Alistar as Volibear, Volibear players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Volibear vs Alistar counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Alistar as Volibear are given for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the stats and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.