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How to Win Zeri vs Alistar Counter MatchupZeri is in the b tier of champions

Zeri vs Alistar

How to Beat Alistar as Zeri in LoLZeri is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Alistar as Zeri

based on 704 Zeri vs Alistar matchups
Win Rate
45.5 %
K/D/A
2.42
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL games that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Alistar as Zeri came out of an examination of 704 ranked rounds where both champions faced each other. This pairing is somewhat rare. Zeri fights Alistar in only 1.8% of their rounds.

Zeri vs Alistar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zeri does a terrible job of countering Alistar. On average, they wins a lowly 45.5% of games the champions clash against each other in. In Zeri versus Alistar rounds, Zeri’s team is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood, indicating that they probably won't get first blood against Alistar.

Best Zeri vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Zeri Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateRunaan's HurricaneTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

StormrazorNavori QuickbladesKraken SlayerLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Zeri's passive ability p
Zeri's q ability q
Zeri's w ability w
Zeri's e ability e
Zeri's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
R
6
Q
7
E
8
Q
9
E
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R
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E
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W
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W
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W

Guide to Countering Alistar as Zeri

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.

Zeri vs Alistar Counter Stats

Zeri Image
Win Rate
45.5 %
VS
Win Rate
54.5 %
Alistar Image
7.3
< Kills >
2
5.9
< Deaths >
6
7
< Assists >
14.2
1.7
< Killing Sprees >
0.34
187
< Minions Killed >
33
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.57
14,980
< Physical Damage >
1,324
6,794
< Magic Damage >
6,597
697
< True Damage >
900
22,471
< Damage Dealt >
8,821
21,963
< Damage Taken >
25,685
12,454
< Gold Earned >
8,432
2.26
< Towers >
1.95
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0
3,928
< Total Healing >
9,337
12,312
< Experience >
10,328
18
< Vision Score >
55
8
< Wards Placed >
24
120
< Time Dealing CC >
265

How to Counter Alistar with Zeri in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several valuable Zeri versus Alistar matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Alistar. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Zeri often has a much larger longest kill spree than their counter does. Commonly, they takes less damage than Alistar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zeri and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Zeri
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zeri
Alistar

Who is Better, Zeri or Alistar?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Zeri usually loses when facing off against Alistar, with a 45.5% win rate. As a result, Zeri makes a bad counter to Alistar.

While Zeri does have a much lower winrate compared to Alistar, when on opposite teams, Zeri also has a lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Zeri into Alistar.

Furthermore, Zeri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zeri 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 teammates during team fights.

Zeri is a bad counter to Alistar. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Zeri against Alistar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zeri

Zeri Loses Against

LilliaLillia39.3% winrateSingedSinged39.9% winrateMaokaiMaokai40.6% winrateRyzeRyze41.3% winrate

Zeri Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.8% winrateZoeZoe54.3% winrateEliseElise54.2% winrateKassadinKassadin53% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TaricTaric+ 50% 388 GamesBraumBraum+ 50.1% 419 GamesLilliaLillia+ 50.4% 2311 GamesZyraZyra+ 50.5% 1459 Games

Additional Information for Zeri Players

How We Calculated Our Zeri vs Alistar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Alistar as Zeri, we analyzed 704 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 Zeri 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

Zeri Build Alistar Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Zeri to counter Alistar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zeri most often gets much more CS as Alistar. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Zeri versus Alistar build include Experimental Hexplate, Runaan's Hurricane, and Titanic Hydra. When Zeri incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed much better versus Alistar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zeri had an average winrate of 45.5% when countering Alistar with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of beating Alistar as Zeri, Zeri players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Zeri vs Alistar counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.5% winrate overall.

If you want to get Zeri x Alistar tips and counter builds for a a distinct skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. By default, the statistics and strategies given are computed using all matches run with these champs.