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Senna vs Alistar

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How to Beat Alistar as Senna

based on 4,550 Senna vs Alistar matchups
Win Rate
52.5 %
K/D/A
2.77
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League matches every week. In our database, Senna did battle with Alistar in 4550 matches. Including so many games with Senna vs Alistar provides us confidence in our capability to provide enlightening statistics and a pro build to destroy your opponent. This counter matchup is somewhat rare. Senna has to counter Alistar in only 1.6% of her games.

Senna vs Alistar Matchup Summary

Senna has done a good job of beating Alistar. On average, she wins a whopping 52.5% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Senna vs Alistar matches, Senna’s side is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood. This implies that she most likely won't be able to get first blood against Alistar.

Best Senna vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBoots of Swiftness

Core Senna Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsRapid FirecannonThe Collector

Optional Items

HubrisEdge of NightSerylda's GrudgeNavori Quickblades

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Senna to level upq
>
Second ability for Senna to level upw
>
Last skill for Senna to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityCut Down
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Senna's passive ability p
Senna's q ability q
Senna's w ability w
Senna's e ability e
Senna's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Senna

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.

Senna vs Alistar Counter Stats

Senna Image
Win Rate
52.5 %
VS
Win Rate
47.5 %
Alistar Image
5
< Kills >
2.1
6.2
< Deaths >
6
12.2
< Assists >
13.6
1.13
< Killing Sprees >
0.38
61
< Minions Killed >
32
0.14
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.45
19,005
< Physical Damage >
1,350
339
< Magic Damage >
6,854
591
< True Damage >
854
19,935
< Damage Dealt >
9,059
17,937
< Damage Taken >
25,880
10,619
< Gold Earned >
8,392
2.51
< Towers >
1.76
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,355
< Total Healing >
9,056
11,229
< Experience >
10,270
50
< Vision Score >
52
20
< Wards Placed >
23
216
< Time Dealing CC >
267

How to Counter Alistar with Senna in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize some vital Senna against Alistar matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the pair. For instance, Senna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Senna may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Alistar..

Senna usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Alistar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Senna and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Senna
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Senna
Alistar

Who is Better, Senna or Alistar?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Senna usually wins when playing against Alistar, with a 52.5% win rate. As a result, Senna makes a good counter to Alistar.

While Senna does have a higher win rate compared to Alistar, when they face off with one another, Senna also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Senna into Alistaras her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Senna has a good 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 isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Senna vs Alistar matchups, Senna is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Senna is an above average counter for Alistar. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Senna against Alistar.

Additional Information for Senna Players

How We Calculated Our Senna vs Alistar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Alistar as Senna, we analyzed 4,550 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 Senna 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Senna 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Senna on average accumulates more CS as Alistar. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities 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 surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Senna versus Alistar build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Rapid Firecannon, and The Collector. When Senna used at least these three items in her build, she did much better against Alistar than with most other common builds. In fact, Senna boasted an average winrate of 52.5% battling Alistar with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Alistar as Senna, Senna players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Senna vs Alistar counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.5% win rate overall.

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