# Alistar Counters Who counters Alistar? Best and worst picks against Alistar by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Alistar in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/alistar/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/alistar/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Alistar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/alistar/) ## Page Content [Alistar guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/alistar/) [Play against Alistar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/alistar/how-to-play-against/) [Alistar counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/alistar/counters/) Best and worst picks against Alistar in Support at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Elise, Brand and Annie beat Alistar most often. Swain, Xerath and Lux win the laning phase against Alistar by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Alistar Highest win rate versus Alistar in Support. - 1 [Elise](https://baronbuff.com/champions/elise/) 113 games 54.9% - 2 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 393 games 53.9% - 3 [Annie](https://baronbuff.com/champions/annie/) 509 games 53.0% - 4 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 595 games 52.9% - 5 [Galio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/) 160 games 52.5% - 6 [Rakan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rakan/) 657 games 52.0% - 7 [Leona](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leona/) 1,694 games 51.8% - 8 [Lulu](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lulu/) 1,391 games 51.5% - 9 [Janna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/janna/) 639 games 51.5% - 10 [Senna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/) 691 games 51.4% - 11 [Thresh](https://baronbuff.com/champions/thresh/) 2,426 games 51.1% - 12 [Zyra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/) 343 games 51.0% ## Worst picks against Alistar Lowest win rate versus Alistar in Support. - 1 [Shen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shen/) 156 games 43.0% - 2 [Yuumi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yuumi/) 795 games 44.5% - 3 [Pyke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pyke/) 894 games 45.3% - 4 [Shaco](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shaco/) 152 games 45.4% - 5 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 473 games 45.9% - 6 [Neeko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/neeko/) 291 games 46.0% - 7 [Renata Glasc](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renata/) 214 games 46.3% - 8 [Milio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/milio/) 663 games 46.8% - 9 [Sona](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sona/) 239 games 46.9% - 10 [Amumu](https://baronbuff.com/champions/amumu/) 113 games 46.9% - 11 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 497 games 47.5% - 12 [Nami](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nami/) 770 games 47.7% - 13 [Nautilus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nautilus/) 1,706 games 48.1% - 14 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 353 games 48.2% - 15 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 615 games 48.3% ## Best lane counters vs Alistar Largest gold lead over Alistar at 15 minutes in Support. - 1 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 213 games +799 - 2 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 136 games +646 - 3 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 319 games +604 - 4 [Senna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/) 133 games +574 - 5 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 128 games +569 - 6 [Pyke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pyke/) 233 games +554 - 7 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 198 games +510 - 8 [Morgana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/morgana/) 257 games +454 - 9 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 153 games +374 - 10 [Zyra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/) 138 games +362 - 11 [Seraphine](https://baronbuff.com/champions/seraphine/) 311 games +323 - 12 [Karma](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karma/) 171 games +299 - 13 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 122 games +296 - 14 [Thresh](https://baronbuff.com/champions/thresh/) 485 games +131 - 15 [Maokai](https://baronbuff.com/champions/maokai/) 112 games +106 ## How to play against Alistar Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Punish E downtime with short trades before he can threaten a second crowd-control chain. - Stand outside direct W angles near your tower so a low-health engage cannot turn into a dive setup. - Poke him before objective fights; he has to choose between starting low or spending R early. - Avoid starting fights through him from the front, because Q and W can stop short-range engages cleanly. - Wait for him to commit W or Q before your carries step forward. ## Where Alistar is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Alistar's engage is telegraphed and short-ranged; spacing, disengage, and spread formations make him waste cooldowns. - He offers little sustained damage after the first combo, so failed engages leave his carries exposed. ## Alistar counters: questions ### Who counters Alistar in Support? At Gold+, Elise (54.9%), Brand (53.9%) and Annie (53.0%) have the highest win rates against Alistar. ### Who does Alistar counter? Alistar wins most often against Shen (43.0%), Yuumi (44.5%) and Pyke (45.3%). ### Who wins lane against Alistar? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Swain (+799), Xerath (+646) and Lux (+604) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Alistar. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Support Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/support/) - [Swain counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/counters/) - [Xerath counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)