Xayah vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Xayah
based on 1,112 Xayah vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Alistar
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Xayah in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several significant Xayah against Alistar matchup stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Alistar. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Xayah normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Alistar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Alistar
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Who is Better, Xayah or Alistar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xayah usually fairs equally well when facing off against Alistar, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Xayah makes an ok counter to Alistar.
While Xayah does have a higher winrate compared to Alistar, when they face off with one another, Xayah also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xayah into Alistar.
Furthermore, Xayah has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Xayah is a decent counter for Alistar. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xayah against Alistar.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xayah
Additional Information for Xayah Players
How We Calculated Our Xayah vs Alistar Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xayah in order to counter Alistar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather 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.
Xayah on average gets much more CS compared to Alistar. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Xayah versus Alistar build include Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Alistar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Xayah boasted an average win rate of 50.0% when countering Alistar with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Alistar as Xayah, Xayah players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Xayah vs Alistar counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.0% winrate overall.
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