Talk:Alistar/@comment-26040142-20150211014907/@comment-4636093-20150211130056

Karma doesn't really like being CCed so Alistar is a good matchup against her, he can also headbutt her away to stop her snare going through and also has a minor but useful heal to lessen her poke.

Alistar's weaknesses however are his long cooldowns. If he uses headbutt then you have a huge window of opportunity to engage on him when it's down. And if he uses his Pulverize then it gets even bigger. He needs both of these spells up to fight.

In addition to this you should be trying to force him to rank up his heal early, just keep on poking at him and the enemy ADC with Qs, max Q first for the extra damage. Alistar has mana problems if he's forced to heal too often.

If you get headbutt-pulverized then Mantra W on him and shield yourself to heal up the damage you just took as you retreat. If your ADC gets headbutt-pulverized then go ham-mode aggressive on the enemy ADC, Mantra Q him, W him, and don't forget to shield your own ADC from the damage he'll be taking. There's no reason not to go ham at this point since you are not the one who they'll be focussing at that moment. You want to keep the trade favourable for you or at least even.

Also needless to say, don't stand really close to your own ADC and give Alistar the perfect opportunity to catch you both.