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

Alistar vs Gnar

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

based on 637 Alistar vs Gnar matchups
Win Rate
51.3 %
K/D/A
2.6
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League matches that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Gnar as Alistar resulted from an evaluation of 637 ranked rounds where both champions battled one another. This champ pairing is relatively rare. Alistar fights Gnar in only 1.0% of his games.

Alistar vs Gnar Matchup Summary

Alistar has done a decent job of countering Gnar. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.3% of the time the champs fight one another in. In Alistar versus Gnar rounds, Alistar’s side is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Gnar.

Best Alistar vs Gnar 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

TrailblazerSolstice Sleigh

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Alistar to level upq
>
Second ability for Alistar to level upw
>
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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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Alistar

Tips for Playing as Alistar against Gnar

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 Gnar

Gnar's ultimate stuns if he hits you into a wall. Be careful when fighting him near one.

Gnar's animations and resource bar change as he gets closer to transforming.

Gnar can't gain Rage for 15 seconds after he turns from big to little. Use this chance to engage on his team.

Alistar vs Gnar Counter Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
51.3 %
VS
Win Rate
48.7 %
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2.2
< Kills >
5.2
6.2
< Deaths >
5.9
13.9
< Assists >
6.7
0.38
< Killing Sprees >
1.24
33
< Minions Killed >
169
0.02
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.52
1,374
< Physical Damage >
18,564
6,961
< Magic Damage >
3,646
923
< True Damage >
529
9,259
< Damage Dealt >
22,740
26,787
< Damage Taken >
29,496
8,514
< Gold Earned >
11,516
1.83
< Towers >
2.5
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
9,467
< Total Healing >
6,192
10,465
< Experience >
14,841
54
< Vision Score >
18
24
< Wards Placed >
9
278
< Time Dealing CC >
418

How to Counter Gnar with Alistar in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several critical Alistar vs. Gnar matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between this pair of champs. Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gnar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gnar. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Alistar often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Gnar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Alistar and Gnar

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Gnar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Alistar
Gnar

Who is Better, Alistar or Gnar?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually wins when trying to fight Gnar, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Alistar makes a good counter to Gnar.

While Alistar does have a higher win rate than Gnar, when facing one another, Alistar also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Alistar into Gnaras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Alistar has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Gnar matchups, Alistar is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Alistar is a decent counter for Gnar. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Alistar against Gnar.

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

FizzFizz+ 53.4% 3276 GamesZileanZilean+ 53.6% 125 GamesTaricTaric+ 55% 80 GamesLilliaLillia+ 56.3% 4162 Games

Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar vs Gnar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Gnar as Alistar, we analyzed 637 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 Gnar 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 in order to counter Gnar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Alistar often accumulates a lot less CS as Gnar. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The best items to use in your Alistar versus Gnar build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Alistar included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Gnar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 51.3% battling Gnar with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Gnar as Alistar, Alistar players should use 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 rune combinations players chose for Alistar vs Gnar counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.3% winrate overall.

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