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Alistar & Sivir vs Samira & Thresh

Bot Lane Matchup

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

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Who Wins

Pre-6, Samira+Thresh is the stronger lane: Thresh's hook range threatens you before you can engage, and Samira's passive combo punishes any trade you initiate without landing your W+Q combo cleanly.
Post-6, your R makes you nearly unkillable and flips the dynamic — you can absorb their all-in and counter-engage with impunity, especially if Sivir has her R to negate Thresh's E slow.

Your best pattern is to flash or walk up to W Samira into your Q knockup simultaneously, denying her the ability to build her passive stacks mid-trade — if she can't chain abilities, her damage output collapses.
Never initiate with Q alone from range; Thresh can E-slow Sivir while Samira freely combos you during the knockup animation.

Push the wave aggressively with Sivir to deny Thresh roam windows and force Samira to farm under pressure, as Samira has no wave clear and Thresh has no reliable way to reset the wave.
A pushed wave also means Thresh must choose between roaming and leaving Samira exposed to your dive.

Do not use your W reactively to interrupt Thresh's Q after he has already hooked Sivir — by then the damage is done and you've wasted your primary engage tool.
Save W to initiate the trade on your terms, not as a panic response.

Created on 09/16/2026

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