Darius vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Darius
based on 2,322 Darius vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Darius vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Darius vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Darius
Tips for Playing as Darius against Alistar
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Darius in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several influential Darius vs. Alistar matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Alistar. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Darius usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Alistar. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Darius and Alistar
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Who is Better, Darius or Alistar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Darius usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Alistar, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Darius makes an ok counter to Alistar.
While Darius does have a higher winrate than Alistar, when on opposite teams, Darius also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Darius into Alistar.
Additionally, Darius also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Darius vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Darius is a decent counter to Alistar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Darius against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Darius in order to counter Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Darius on average racks up much more CS compared to Alistar. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Darius versus Alistar build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Force of Nature. When Darius used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Alistar than with many other common builds. In fact, Darius had an average win rate of 50.0% battling Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Alistar as Darius, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Darius vs Alistar battles, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.0% winrate overall.
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