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

Alistar vs Volibear

How to Beat Volibear as Alistar in LoLAlistar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Volibear as Alistar

based on 1,305 Alistar vs Volibear matchups
Win Rate
53.6 %
K/D/A
2.71
Pick Rate
2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League matches every week. Within our dataset, Alistar faced Volibear 1305 times. Having so many matchups for Alistar versus Volibear gives us confidence in our capacity to produce informative data and a recommended build to crush Volibear. This particular matchup is somewhat rare. Alistar fights Volibear in only 2.0% of his matches.

Alistar vs Volibear Matchup Summary

Alistar has done a good job of beating Volibear. Normally, he wins a fantastic 53.6% of the time the champs face each other in. In Alistar vs Volibear games, Alistar’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood against Volibear.

Best Alistar vs Volibear Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorKindlegem

Core Alistar Items

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

Optional Items

ThornmailForce of NatureFrozen HeartTrailblazer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Alistar to level upq
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Second ability for Alistar to level upw
>
Last skill for Alistar to max oute

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationHextech FlashtraptionCosmic Insight
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 Volibear as Alistar

Tips for Playing as Alistar against Volibear

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.

Alistar vs Volibear Counter Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
53.6 %
VS
Win Rate
46.4 %
Volibear Image
2.1
< Kills >
5.3
5.9
< Deaths >
6.6
13.9
< Assists >
5.9
0.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.2
33
< Minions Killed >
134
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.47
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.5
1,350
< Physical Damage >
10,887
6,852
< Magic Damage >
8,633
849
< True Damage >
680
9,052
< Damage Dealt >
20,201
25,337
< Damage Taken >
32,310
8,383
< Gold Earned >
11,426
1.88
< Towers >
2.56
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.11
9,392
< Total Healing >
8,197
10,319
< Experience >
13,968
51
< Vision Score >
17
22
< Wards Placed >
8
267
< Time Dealing CC >
565

How to Counter Volibear with Alistar in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several influential Alistar vs. Volibear counter statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Volibear’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Volibear. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Alistar typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Volibear. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Alistar and Volibear

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Volibear
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Alistar
Volibear

Who is Better, Alistar or Volibear?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually wins when facing off against Volibear, with a 53.6% win rate. Therefore, Alistar makes a great counter for Volibear.

While Alistar does have a higher winrate compared to Volibear, when on opposite teams, Alistar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Alistar into Volibearas 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 Volibear. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Volibear matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Alistar is a great counter for Volibear. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Alistar against Volibear.

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 Volibear Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Volibear as Alistar, we analyzed 1,305 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 Volibear 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

If you would like to truly master Alistar in order to counter Volibear during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Alistar often accumulates a lot less CS as Volibear. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Alistar versus Volibear build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Alistar included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Volibear than with many other common builds. In fact, Alistar boasted an average win rate of 53.6% when countering Volibear with this counter build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against Volibear as Alistar, Alistar players should equip 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 Volibear clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Volibear as Alistar are given for all skill levels combined. To filter the statistics and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.