Alistar vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Alistar
based on 1,753 Alistar vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Alistar vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Alistar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several vital Alistar vs. Vi matchup statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vi’s ratio of NaN, showing that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vi. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Alistar often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Vi. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Alistar and Vi
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Who is Better, Alistar or Vi?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Vi, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Alistar makes an ok counter to Vi.
While Alistar does have a lower win rate than Vi, when facing one another, Alistar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Alistar into Vias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Alistar has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Vi matchups, Vi is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Alistar is a somewhat poor counter to Vi. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Alistar against Vi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Alistar in order to counter Vi during both the early game 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 shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Vi. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Alistar versus Vi build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Vi than with most other common builds. In fact, Alistar had an average winrate of 49.5% when playing against Vi with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating Vi as Alistar, you should equip 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 combinations players used for Alistar vs Vi fights, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
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