Hwei vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Hwei
based on 3,013 Hwei vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hwei vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Hwei vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Hwei
Tips for Playing as Hwei against Alistar
Calm down, breathe, and focus.
Each stroke requires precision and intention.
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.
Hwei vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Hwei in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some critical Hwei vs. Alistar counter stats that may help us understand the differences between this pair of champs. Hwei’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Hwei may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Alistar. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Hwei normally has a much larger longest killing spree than their opponent does. On average, they takes less damage than Alistar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Hwei and Alistar
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Who is Better, Hwei or Alistar?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Hwei usually loses when facing off against Alistar, with a 46.3% win rate. Thus, Hwei makes a bad counter for Alistar.
While Hwei does have a lower win rate than Alistar, when on opposite teams, Hwei also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more challenging character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Hwei into Alistaras their relative depth means that you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Hwei also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Hwei vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Hwei is a garbage counter for Alistar. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Hwei against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Hwei in order 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 tips and tricks for 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.
Hwei on average picks up much more CS compared to Alistar. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Hwei versus Alistar build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Hwei incorporated at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better when fighting Alistar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Hwei had an average winrate of 46.3% when playing against Alistar with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Alistar as Hwei, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Gathering Storm, and Manaflow Band runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Hwei vs Alistar counters, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.3% win rate overall.
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