Ezreal vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Ezreal
based on 3,991 Ezreal vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ezreal vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Ezreal vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Ezreal
Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Alistar
Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.
You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.
You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.
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.
Ezreal vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Ezreal in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some important Ezreal vs. Alistar matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Alistar. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Ezreal usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Alistar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ezreal and Alistar
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Who is Better, Ezreal or Alistar?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ezreal usually loses when taking on Alistar, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Ezreal makes a bad counter to Alistar.
While Ezreal does have a lower win rate than Alistar, when they face off with one another, Ezreal also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ezreal into Alistaras his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ezreal 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ezreal vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Ezreal is a somewhat poor counter for Alistar. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ezreal against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ezreal to counter Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ezreal on average racks up much more CS as Alistar. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Ezreal versus Alistar build consist of Muramana, Trinity Force, and Hubris. When Ezreal used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Alistar than with most other common builds. In fact, Ezreal had an average win rate of 48.4% when playing against Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating Alistar as Ezreal, Ezreal players should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Ezreal vs Alistar LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.4% win rate overall.
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