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

Alistar vs Braum

How to Beat Braum as Alistar in LoLAlistar is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Braum as Alistar

based on 955 Alistar vs Braum matchups
Win Rate
47.3 %
K/D/A
2.51
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League of Legends games every week. In our dataset, Alistar did battle with Braum 955 times. Having so many matchups for Alistar vs Braum provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to prepare actionable stats and a solid build to annihilate your rival. This particular champion pairing is fairly rare. Alistar encounters Braum in only 1.5% of his rounds.

Alistar vs Braum Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Alistar has done a poor job of beating Braum. On average, he wins a lowly 47.3% of games the champs oppose one another in. In Alistar against Braum games, Alistar’s side is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood, indicating that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Braum.

Best Alistar vs Braum Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceLocket of the Iron SolariCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

Knight's VowFrozen HeartThornmailTrailblazer

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
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Last skill for Alistar to max oute

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentHextech FlashtraptionMinion DematerializerCosmic Insight
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Ability HasteArmorArmor
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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Guide to Countering Braum as Alistar

Tips for Playing as Alistar against Braum

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 Braum

Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.

Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.

Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.

Alistar vs Braum Counter Stats

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Win Rate
47.3 %
VS
Win Rate
52.7 %
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1.9
< Kills >
1.6
6.3
< Deaths >
5.4
13.9
< Assists >
15.6
0.34
< Killing Sprees >
0.28
33
< Minions Killed >
27
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.55
1,227
< Physical Damage >
1,686
6,822
< Magic Damage >
6,933
928
< True Damage >
765
8,977
< Damage Dealt >
9,385
25,687
< Damage Taken >
21,749
8,238
< Gold Earned >
8,346
1.78
< Towers >
1.97
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,240
< Total Healing >
3,362
10,070
< Experience >
10,247
54
< Vision Score >
57
23
< Wards Placed >
24
275
< Time Dealing CC >
320

How to Counter Braum with Alistar in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight several significant Alistar versus Braum matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Braum’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Braum..

Alistar typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Braum. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Alistar and Braum

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Braum
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Alistar
Braum

Who is Better, Alistar or Braum?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually loses when playing against Braum, with a 47.3% win rate. As a result, Alistar makes a poor counter for Braum.

While Alistar does have a lower win rate compared to Braum, when they face off with one another, Alistar also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Alistar into Braumas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Alistar has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Braum. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Braum matchups, Braum is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Alistar is a bad counter to Braum. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Alistar against Braum.

Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar vs Braum Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Braum as Alistar, we analyzed 955 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 Braum 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Alistar to counter Braum during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Alistar on average gets a similar amount of CS as Braum. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly 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 exceed the values reported here to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Alistar versus Braum build include Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Alistar used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Braum than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Alistar boasted an average winrate of 47.3% when playing against Braum with this build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Braum as Alistar, Alistar players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Alistar vs Braum LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.3% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Braum as Alistar are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.