Corki vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Corki
based on 714 Corki vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Corki vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Corki vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Corki
Tips for Playing as Corki against Alistar
Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
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.
Corki vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Corki in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several influential Corki against Alistar counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Corki’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Corki may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Alistar. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Corki normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Alistar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Corki and Alistar
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Who is Better, Corki or Alistar?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Corki usually loses when playing against Alistar, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Corki makes a poor counter to Alistar.
While Corki does have a lower win rate compared to Alistar, when facing one another, Corki also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Corki into Alistar.
Furthermore, Corki also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Corki vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Corki is a somewhat poor counter to Alistar. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Corki against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Corki to counter Alistar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Corki most often accumulates much more CS compared to Alistar. 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 able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Corki versus Alistar build include Muramana, Trinity Force, and Eclipse. When Corki used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Alistar than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Corki boasted an average win rate of 48.7% battling Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Alistar as Corki, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Corki vs Alistar matchups, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.7% win rate overall.
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