How to win lane as Nami against Alistar · 50.86% win rate over 3,020 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Nami | You hit Level 1 poke advantage since Alistar has no ranged trade to answer your E-auto and Ebb and Flow. |
| Level 2 | Nami | You spike Level 2 first off the melee wave and can bubble Alistar before his W-Q comes online. |
| Level 3 | Nami | Level 3 still favors you as your sustained poke out-values his mana-hungry cow with no ult yet. |
| Levels 4-5 | Alistar | Alistar takes over at Levels 4-5 once his full W-Q engage can punish any step-up. |
| Level 6 | Alistar | Alistar's Level 6 Unbreakable Will lets him walk your poke and all-in unpunished. |
| First item | Alistar | Alistar stays ahead into first item as tank stats plus shield make his engage nearly unkillable. |
| Two+ items | Nami | You reclaim the edge at two-plus items where your team-wide peel and R outvalue his single-target lock. |
You own the first three levels: your E-empowered auto plus Ebb and Flow out-pokes Alistar hard because he has no ranged answer and burns mana fast, and hitting Level 2 first lets you Q-bubble him or his ADC if either overextends. Keep your bubble for his Headbutt so a whiffed engage costs him the trade.
The full Nami 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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