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How to Win Alistar vs Bard Counter MatchupAlistar is in the a tier of champions

Alistar vs Bard

How to Beat Bard as Alistar in LoLAlistar is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Bard as Alistar

based on 2,031 Alistar vs Bard matchups
Win Rate
46.9 %
K/D/A
2.48
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Bard as Alistar resulted from an analysis of 2031 ranked rounds where both champs battled one another. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Alistar is forced to battle against Bard in only 3.1% of his games.

Alistar vs Bard Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Alistar has done a pathetic job of countering Bard. On average, he wins a lowly 46.9% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Alistar versus Bard rounds, Alistar’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, implying that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Bard.

Best Alistar vs Bard Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsMobility Boots

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
Frozen HeartLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Force of NatureThornmailKnight's VowBloodsong

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentHextech FlashtraptionBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Ability HasteArmorHealth Scaling
Alistar's passive ability p
Alistar's q ability q
Alistar's w ability w
Alistar's e ability e
Alistar's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Bard as Alistar

Tips for Playing as Alistar against Bard

Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.

Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.

Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.

Advice to Win Against Bard

You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.

Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!

Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.

Alistar vs Bard Counter Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
46.9 %
VS
Win Rate
53.1 %
Bard Image
1.9
< Kills >
2.8
6.1
< Deaths >
4.8
13.2
< Assists >
14.6
0.32
< Killing Sprees >
0.6
32
< Minions Killed >
28
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,284
< Physical Damage >
3,330
6,926
< Magic Damage >
8,841
931
< True Damage >
1,152
9,141
< Damage Dealt >
13,324
25,641
< Damage Taken >
19,932
8,195
< Gold Earned >
8,859
1.67
< Towers >
1.86
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,789
< Total Healing >
6,192
10,030
< Experience >
11,025
55
< Vision Score >
63
24
< Wards Placed >
27
250
< Time Dealing CC >
509

How to Counter Bard with Alistar in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight several influential Alistar against Bard counter stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Bard..

Alistar usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Bard. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Alistar and Bard

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Bard
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Alistar
Bard

Who is Better, Alistar or Bard?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Alistar usually loses when facing off against Bard, with a 46.9% win rate. Therefore, Alistar makes a poor counter for Bard.

While Alistar does have a lower win rate compared to Bard, when facing one another, Alistar also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Alistar into Bardas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Alistar also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Bard. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Alistar is a bad counter to Bard. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Alistar against Bard.

Other Champion Matchups Against Alistar

Alistar Loses Against

LilliaLillia42.2% winratePoppyPoppy43.7% winrateTaliyahTaliyah44.2% winrateSwainSwain44.5% winrate

Alistar Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee59.7% winrateSkarnerSkarner58.7% winrateYuumiYuumi56.1% winrateZeriZeri54.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar vs Bard Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Bard as Alistar, we analyzed 2,031 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 Bard as Alistar 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Alistar to counter Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Alistar often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Bard. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities 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 case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Alistar versus Bard build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Bard than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Alistar boasted an average winrate of 46.9% when playing against Bard with this build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing Bard as Alistar, Alistar players should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Alistar vs Bard face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.9% winrate overall.

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