Alistar vs Rengar
How to Beat Rengar as Alistar
based on 2,450 Alistar vs Rengar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Rengar Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Rengar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rengar as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Rengar
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 Rengar
Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.
Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.
Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.
Alistar vs Rengar Counter Stats
How to Counter Rengar with Alistar in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some critical Alistar versus Rengar counter statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champs. Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rengar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Rengar. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Alistar usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Rengar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Alistar and Rengar
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Who is Better, Alistar or Rengar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually wins when trying to fight Rengar, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Alistar makes a good counter for Rengar.
While Alistar does have a higher winrate than Rengar, when they face off with one another, Alistar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Alistar into Rengaras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Alistar has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rengar. This 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Rengar matchups, Alistar is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Alistar is a decent counter for Rengar. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Alistar against Rengar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Alistar in order to counter Rengar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Rengar. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Alistar versus Rengar build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Rengar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 51.4% battling Rengar with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Rengar as Alistar, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cosmic Insight, and Hextech Flashtraption runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Alistar vs Rengar fights, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Rengar as Alistar are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.