Talk:Alistar/@comment-6281696-20140817104300/@comment-24055932-20140821212627

While Alistar has undoubtable a powerfull, maybe even toxic kit, he suffers from long cooldowns. With Pantheon you had the bad luck to face a really hard counter, as the main reason Pantheon isn't considered a strong lategame pick is his proneness to CC. In general, any pick that deals rather damage over time than damage burst after damage burst should be able to outplay Alistar, though ranged champions should be in a better spot.

But in general:

Abuse his long cooldowns, and don't hesitate to poke him after he burned his CC. If you happen to be a caster, try to force him to heal, so he'll push the wave. This way you are in a quite safe spot where he will hesitate to harass you and in a good position to get ganked. If you're AS-based and ranged, stack up on pots, maybe even TP (the kill potential is for both of you incredibly low unless ganks happen or you overstay), and harass him all day. As melee AS champion you should have either sustain or another trick you have to abuse - here it really depends on your champion (just compare Sion, Irelia and Olaf ^^)