Alistar vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Alistar
based on 4,309 Alistar vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Alistar vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Alistar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several significant Alistar against Yasuo counter stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the pair. Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Yasuo. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Alistar normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Yasuo. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Alistar and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Alistar or Yasuo?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Alistar usually wins when trying to fight Yasuo, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Alistar makes a good counter for Yasuo.
While Alistar does have a higher win rate compared to Yasuo, when they face off with one another, Alistar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Alistar into Yasuoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Alistar also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Yasuo matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Alistar is a decent counter to Yasuo. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Alistar against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Alistar to counter Yasuo during both the laning 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 listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar typically accumulates a lot less CS as Yasuo. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Alistar versus Yasuo build consist of Thornmail, 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 Yasuo than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Alistar boasted an average win rate of 51.5% battling Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Yasuo as Alistar, Alistar players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Alistar vs Yasuo counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.5% win rate overall.
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