How to win lane as Brand against Alistar · 53.6% win rate over 1,112 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Brand | Your Q outranges Alistar's entire engage at level 1 and he can't trade back. |
| Level 2 | Brand | At level 2 your W-Q stun cancels his Headbutt-Pulverize before it lands. |
| Level 3 | Brand | Level 3 you have full combo and burst him faster than his sustain heals. |
| Levels 4-5 | Brand | Levels 4-5 your poke stacks W burn on both enemies while he only has engage. |
| Level 6 | Brand | Pyroclasm mid-engage punishes his committed all-in harder than his R saves it. |
| First item | Brand | First item DoT shreds through Alistar's R damage reduction to keep you ahead. |
| Two+ items | Brand | With items you out-teamfight and out-zone a pure-engage tank into the late game. |
You control levels 1-2 completely: your Q outranges his all-in and you poke his ADC freely with W stacks while he has no ranged answer, so keep your minions between you and never facecheck the lane brush where a Headbutt-Pulverize hides.
The full Brand vs Alistar report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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