This is a high-stakes survival lane focused entirely on positioning. You win by out-scaling and providing late-game utility, but you are the primary target because you are extremely squishy. Your goal is to use to dodge hooks and punish his long cooldowns.
This is a cheese lane. Blitzcrank has non-existent waveclear compared to your , but one hit usually means death or a burned Flash. You win by out-pushing him and using your superior utility to outscale while staying safely behind minions.
This is a heavy range-versus-melee matchup where you dictate the pace. Alistar Mid is a niche pick that relies on high-base damage combos and turret-dives to win, whereas you want to scale and poke him out. Your goal is to use your range advantage to harass him while saving your movement tools to stay out of his engage distance.