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

Alistar vs Nami

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

based on 1,692 Alistar vs Nami matchups
Win Rate
51 %
K/D/A
2.6
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each week. Within our dataset, Alistar faced off against Nami in 1692 matches. Having so many games with Alistar vs Nami provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to provide enlightening statistics and a recommended build to destroy Nami. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Alistar is forced to battle against Nami in only 2.6% of his matches.

Alistar vs Nami Matchup Summary

Alistar does a decent job of beating Nami. On average, he wins a acceptable 51.0% of the time the champs face each other in. In Alistar versus Nami rounds, Alistar’s side is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood against Nami.

Best Alistar vs Nami Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCloth Armor

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
Knight's VowLocket of the Iron SolariCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

TrailblazerForce of NatureThornmailZeke's Convergence

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 FlashtraptionBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Ability HasteHealth ScalingHealth 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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Guide to Countering Nami as Alistar

Tips for Playing as Alistar against Nami

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 Nami

Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.

Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.

Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.

Alistar vs Nami Counter Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
51 %
VS
Win Rate
49 %
Nami Image
1.9
< Kills >
1.8
5.8
< Deaths >
5.3
13.2
< Assists >
15.2
0.33
< Killing Sprees >
0.31
33
< Minions Killed >
22
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.55
1,247
< Physical Damage >
1,051
6,665
< Magic Damage >
8,844
899
< True Damage >
617
8,812
< Damage Dealt >
10,513
24,998
< Damage Taken >
15,329
8,303
< Gold Earned >
8,300
1.86
< Towers >
2.24
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0
8,896
< Total Healing >
9,473
10,182
< Experience >
10,267
54
< Vision Score >
59
24
< Wards Placed >
25
252
< Time Dealing CC >
196

How to Counter Nami with Alistar in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several significant Alistar against Nami matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nami..

Alistar normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Nami. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Alistar and Nami

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Nami
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Alistar
Nami

Who is Better, Alistar or Nami?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually wins when facing off against Nami, with a 51.0% win rate. As a result, Alistar makes a good counter for Nami.

While Alistar does have a higher win rate compared to Nami, when they face off with one another, Alistar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Alistar into Namias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Alistar has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Alistar is a decent counter to Nami. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Alistar against Nami.

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 Nami Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nami as Alistar, we analyzed 1,692 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 Nami 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

Alistar Build Nami Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Alistar to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention 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 typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Nami. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Alistar versus Nami build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Alistar used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Nami than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Alistar had an average winrate of 51.0% when countering Nami with this build.

To have the highest chance of beating Nami 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 sets that we analyzed for Alistar vs Nami fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.0% win rate overall.

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