Vex vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Vex
based on 1,196 Vex vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vex vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Vex vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Vex
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.
Vex vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Vex in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several vital Vex vs. Alistar matchup statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between the pair. Vex’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vex may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Alistar. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Vex normally has a much larger longest killing spree than their opponent does. On average, they takes less damage than Alistar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vex and Alistar
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Who is Better, Vex or Alistar?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vex usually fairs equally well when facing off against Alistar, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Vex makes an ok counter to Alistar.
While Vex does have a lower win rate than Alistar, when on opposite teams, Vex also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vex into Alistar.
Moreover, Vex has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Vex 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 teammates during team fights.
Vex is a somewhat poor counter to Alistar. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Vex against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vex in order 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vex on average racks up much more CS compared to Alistar. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Vex versus Alistar build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vex included at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better versus Alistar than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Vex had an average win rate of 49.9% when playing against Alistar with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Alistar as Vex, Vex players should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Vex vs Alistar counters, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Alistar as Vex are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.