Alistar vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Alistar
based on 2,928 Alistar vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Leona
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 Leona
When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.
Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.
Alistar vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Alistar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some strategic Alistar versus Leona matchup stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between this set of champions. Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Leona..
Alistar normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Leona. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Alistar and Leona
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Who is Better, Alistar or Leona?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually loses when playing against Leona, with a 46.5% win rate. As a result, Alistar makes a poor counter for Leona.
While Alistar does have a lower winrate than Leona, when they face off with one another, Alistar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Alistar into Leonaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Alistar has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Alistar is a garbage counter for Leona. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Alistar against Leona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Alistar in order to counter Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Leona. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Alistar versus Leona build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Leona than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 46.5% when countering Leona with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Leona as Alistar, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Alistar vs Leona counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.5% win rate overall.
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