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Alistar & Ashe vs Samira & Nautilus

Bot Lane Matchup

Alistar vs Samira (with Ashe & Nautilus) BOT matchup tips: who wins, how to trade, wave control and common mistakes.

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Who Wins

Pre-6, your level 2 W+Q all-in is one of the strongest power spikes in the game and Nautilus does not have a reliable answer to it if you land it on Samira — however, Samira's E dash can make her slippery and Nautilus's passive slow makes the follow-up messy, so only commit if Samira is clearly out of position.
Post-6, Nautilus R is a hard counter to your engage pattern because it knocks you up before you can W+Q, so you transition to a reactive peeling role rather than initiating.

Your best pattern post-level-2 is to W+Q onto Nautilus when he walks up for a hook, interrupting his engage before it starts and letting Ashe freely poke a displaced Nautilus.
If Nautilus does land a hook on Ashe, immediately W+Q onto Samira to knock her away before she can build style stacks and reach her R.

You should not roam aggressively because Ashe has no mobility and leaving her alone against Samira's all-in potential — even without Nautilus — is extremely risky.
If you do roam, only do so when the wave is fully pushed under the enemy tower and Ashe has enough health and distance to survive a short window alone.

Do not use your W+Q as an engage tool post-6 when Nautilus has his R available — he will simply R you out of your combo mid-animation, wasting both your cooldowns and leaving Ashe completely unprotected.
Save your W+Q as a peel tool to knock Samira away from Ashe after Nautilus's initiation rather than using it to start fights yourself.

Created on 07/26/2026

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