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Brand vs Alistar

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How to Beat Alistar as Brand

based on 3,845 Brand vs Alistar matchups
Win Rate
53 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each and every week. In our data, Brand engaged Alistar in 3845 rounds. With so many games with Brand versus Alistar provides us faith in our capability to prepare actionable data and a supported build to shatter Alistar. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Brand has to counter Alistar in only 1.7% of his rounds.

Brand vs Alistar Matchup Summary

Brand does a good job of countering Alistar. Typically, he wins a terrific 53.0% of games the champions battle each other in. In Brand vs Alistar games, Brand’s side is 0.1% less expected to get first blood, indicating that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Alistar.

Best Brand vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandHaunting Guise

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeStormsurgeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

ShadowflameCryptbloomRylai's Crystal ScepterZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Brand to level upw
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Second ability for Brand to level upe
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Last skill for Brand to max outq

Runes

DominationDark HarvestTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Brand's passive ability p
Brand's q ability q
Brand's w ability w
Brand's e ability e
Brand's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Brand

Tips for Playing as Brand against Alistar

You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.

You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.

Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.

Advice to Win Against Alistar

Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.

When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.

Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.

Brand vs Alistar Counter Stats

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Win Rate
53 %
VS
Win Rate
47 %
Alistar Image
6
< Kills >
2.2
6.8
< Deaths >
6.6
9.7
< Assists >
14.1
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
0.38
62
< Minions Killed >
33
0.7
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.43
932
< Physical Damage >
1,336
23,765
< Magic Damage >
7,130
1,575
< True Damage >
939
26,273
< Damage Dealt >
9,405
25,273
< Damage Taken >
28,178
11,237
< Gold Earned >
8,621
1.62
< Towers >
1.64
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
6,394
< Total Healing >
9,535
12,961
< Experience >
10,750
37
< Vision Score >
54
14
< Wards Placed >
24
257
< Time Dealing CC >
254

How to Counter Alistar with Brand in LoL

The stats shown here underscore some important Brand against Alistar counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Alistar. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Brand usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Alistar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Brand and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Brand
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Brand
Alistar

Who is Better, Brand or Alistar?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Brand usually wins when playing against Alistar, with a 53.0% win rate. Thus, Brand makes a good counter to Alistar.

While Brand does have a higher win rate than Alistar, when they face off with one another, Brand also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Brand into Alistar.

Furthermore, Brand also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Brand vs Alistar matchups, Brand is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Brand is an above average counter for Alistar. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Brand against Alistar.

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand vs Alistar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Alistar as Brand, we analyzed 3,845 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 Alistar as Brand 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Brand to counter Alistar during both the early game 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 mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Brand typically picks up more CS as Alistar. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Brand versus Alistar build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Stormsurge, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Alistar than with most other common builds. In fact, Brand boasted an average winrate of 53.0% when playing against Alistar with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Alistar as Brand, you should use the Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Brand vs Alistar counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.0% win rate overall.

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