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Yasuo vs Alistar

How to Beat Alistar as Yasuo in LoLYasuo is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Alistar as Yasuo

based on 4,309 Yasuo vs Alistar matchups
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
1.74
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of rated LoL rounds that we review every week. Our guide on how to beat Alistar as Yasuo resulted from an examination of 4309 ranked games where both champions engaged one another. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Yasuo fights Alistar in only 1.6% of his matches.

Yasuo vs Alistar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Yasuo does a dismal job of countering Alistar. On average, he wins a acceptable 48.5% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Yasuo versus Alistar games, Yasuo’s side is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Alistar.

Best Yasuo vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Yasuo Items

~22 Mins
Infinity EdgeIceborn GauntletKraken Slayer

Optional Items

BloodthirsterGuardian AngelTerminusImmortal Shieldbow

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Yasuo's passive ability p
Yasuo's q ability q
Yasuo's w ability w
Yasuo's e ability e
Yasuo's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
E
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E
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Yasuo

Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Alistar

Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.

Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.

At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.

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.

Yasuo vs Alistar Counter Stats

Yasuo Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Alistar Image
6.6
< Kills >
2.2
7.2
< Deaths >
5.9
5.9
< Assists >
14.7
1.51
< Killing Sprees >
0.4
182
< Minions Killed >
33
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.49
18,447
< Physical Damage >
1,396
1,910
< Magic Damage >
6,907
1,039
< True Damage >
906
21,397
< Damage Dealt >
9,210
24,068
< Damage Taken >
25,986
12,279
< Gold Earned >
8,489
2.26
< Towers >
1.84
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,303
< Total Healing >
9,807
13,983
< Experience >
10,616
17
< Vision Score >
52
8
< Wards Placed >
23
222
< Time Dealing CC >
310

How to Counter Alistar with Yasuo in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature some vital Yasuo vs. Alistar counter stats that may help us realize the differences between this set of champs. Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yasuo 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.

Yasuo usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Alistar. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Yasuo and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Yasuo
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Yasuo
Alistar

Who is Better, Yasuo or Alistar?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually loses when taking on Alistar, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Yasuo makes a poor counter for Alistar.

While Yasuo does have a lower winrate compared to Alistar, when on opposite teams, Yasuo also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Alistaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Yasuo also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Yasuo is a somewhat poor counter to Alistar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Yasuo against Alistar.

Additional Information for Yasuo Players

How We Calculated Our Yasuo vs Alistar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Alistar as Yasuo, we analyzed 4,309 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 Yasuo 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

If you would like to truly master Yasuo 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 pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Yasuo usually picks up much more CS as Alistar. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Yasuo versus Alistar build include Infinity Edge, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Alistar than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average winrate of 48.5% battling Alistar with this build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Alistar as Yasuo, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Yasuo vs Alistar LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.

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