Xerath vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Xerath
based on 2,315 Xerath vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Alistar
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown here feature some influential Xerath versus Alistar counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Alistar. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Xerath typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Alistar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Alistar
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Who is Better, Xerath or Alistar?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xerath usually fairs equally well when playing against Alistar, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes an ok counter to Alistar.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate compared to Alistar, when they face off with one another, Xerath also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Alistaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Xerath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Alistar matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter to Alistar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xerath in order to counter Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath often gets much more CS as Alistar. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, 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 exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Xerath versus Alistar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Alistar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 50.2% when playing against Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Alistar as Xerath, Xerath players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Xerath vs Alistar LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.2% winrate overall.
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