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How to Win Taliyah vs Alistar Counter MatchupTaliyah is in the s tier of champions

Taliyah vs Alistar

How to Beat Alistar as Taliyah in LoLTaliyah is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Alistar as Taliyah

based on 774 Taliyah vs Alistar matchups
Win Rate
55.8 %
K/D/A
2.63
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL rounds each and every week. In our database, Taliyah faced off against Alistar in 774 games. Using so many games with Taliyah versus Alistar provides us faith in our capacity to produce actionable statistics and a supported build to counter your opponent. This particular champ matchup is fairly rare. Taliyah has to counter Alistar in only 1.9% of her matches.

Taliyah vs Alistar Matchup Summary

Taliyah has done a great job of beating Alistar. Normally, she wins a whopping 55.8% of matches the champions clash against each other in. In Taliyah versus Alistar games, Taliyah’s team is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood, indicating that she most likely won't get first blood versus Alistar.

Best Taliyah vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Taliyah Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassSeraph's EmbraceLiandry's TormentShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Taliyah to level upq
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Second ability for Taliyah to level upe
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Last skill for Taliyah to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Taliyah's passive ability p
Taliyah's q ability q
Taliyah's w ability w
Taliyah's e ability e
Taliyah's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Taliyah

Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Alistar

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

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.

Taliyah vs Alistar Counter Stats

Taliyah Image
Win Rate
55.8 %
VS
Win Rate
44.2 %
Alistar Image
6.4
< Kills >
2.1
6
< Deaths >
6.6
9.4
< Assists >
13.4
1.44
< Killing Sprees >
0.37
126
< Minions Killed >
33
0.58
< Dragons Killed >
0.02
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.45
823
< Physical Damage >
1,197
22,862
< Magic Damage >
6,486
1,225
< True Damage >
868
24,911
< Damage Dealt >
8,552
20,304
< Damage Taken >
26,830
12,271
< Gold Earned >
8,375
1.88
< Towers >
1.66
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0
4,173
< Total Healing >
8,951
14,216
< Experience >
10,257
24
< Vision Score >
56
9
< Wards Placed >
25
557
< Time Dealing CC >
243

How to Counter Alistar with Taliyah in LoL

The stats shown here show some important Taliyah versus Alistar matchup statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Alistar. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.

Taliyah usually has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Alistar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Taliyah and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Taliyah
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Taliyah
Alistar

Who is Better, Taliyah or Alistar?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Taliyah usually wins when playing against Alistar, with a 55.8% win rate. Thus, Taliyah makes a fantastic counter for Alistar.

While Taliyah does have a much higher win rate than Alistar, when on opposite teams, Taliyah also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Taliyah into Alistar.

Additionally, Taliyah also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Alistar matchups, Taliyah is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Taliyah is a great counter to Alistar. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taliyah against Alistar.

Additional Information for Taliyah Players

How We Calculated Our Taliyah vs Alistar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Alistar as Taliyah, we analyzed 774 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 Taliyah 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 Taliyah to counter Alistar during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Taliyah most often gets much more CS compared to Alistar. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Taliyah versus Alistar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Taliyah used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Alistar than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Taliyah had an average win rate of 55.8% when countering Alistar with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Alistar as Taliyah, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Taliyah vs Alistar counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 55.8% winrate overall.

If you would like to view Taliyah vs Alistar tips and counter stats for a an individual skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the statistics and guides given are calculated using every round completed with both champions.