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Alistar with Annie

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How to Synergize Alistar and Annie

based on 892 Alistar with Annie pairs
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
2.68
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the stats from from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each week. Alistar has gone into battle with Annie in 892 recent, ranked matches. By accumulating so much great data straight from the hosts of LoL, we are totally sure that we can provide you with robust, insightful builds to help Alistar play with Annie. It is very rare for Alistar to play alongside Annie on the same team. This has only happened in approx. 1.4% of games with Alistar.

Alistar Annie Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Alistar has done a dismal job of teaming up with Annie. Typically, he wins an acceptable 49.0% of matches the champs appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Alistar when fighting on the same team as Annie by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Alistar vs Annie Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceLocket of the Iron SolariCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

Frozen HeartSolstice SleighTrailblazerKnight's Vow

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Alistar to level upq
>
Second ability for Alistar to level upw
>
Last skill for Alistar to max oute

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentHextech FlashtraptionMinion DematerializerCosmic Insight
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Ability HasteArmorArmor
Alistar's passive ability p
Alistar's q ability q
Alistar's w ability w
Alistar's e ability e
Alistar's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
14
E
15
E
16
R

Guide to Synergizing Alistar and Annie

Tips for Playing as Alistar with Annie

Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.

Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.

Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.

Advice to Understand How Annie Will Play

Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.

Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.

Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.

Alistar Annie Synergy Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
Annie Image
2.1
< Kills >
2.1
6
< Deaths >
6.1
14
< Assists >
13.9
0.36
< Killing Sprees >
0.37
34
< Minions Killed >
33
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,321
< Physical Damage >
1,324
6,736
< Magic Damage >
6,860
876
< True Damage >
894
8,934
< Damage Dealt >
9,078
26,144
< Damage Taken >
26,157
8,504
< Gold Earned >
8,432
1.98
< Towers >
1.8
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,451
< Total Healing >
9,284
10,571
< Experience >
10,386
54
< Vision Score >
54
24
< Wards Placed >
24
273
< Time Dealing CC >
267

How to Play with Annie as Alistar in LoL

The Alistar Annie synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Annie, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Alistar sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Annie. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Annie helps Alistar perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Alistar plays on the same team as Annie, he gets a small decrease in his total damage output. This may demonstrate that Annie does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played with Annie on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Annie.

Additionally, when Alistar plays with Annie on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Annie does a decent job of covering Alistar in team fights.

Synergies between Alistar and Annie

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Annie
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Alistar
Annie

Is Alistar better when played alongside Annie?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Alistar that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. However, overall, Annie is a very typical ally for Alistar. By playing on the same team as Alistar, she drops their win rate by -0.4% to 49.0%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Alistar and Annie that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Annie has a lower difficulty than Alistar. That means Alistar players don't need to be cautious when finding Annie teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.

When playing cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by grouping Alistar and Annie together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to have other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their potential.

Regardless of your Annie ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar Annie Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Alistar and Annie, we analyzed 892 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Alistar with Annie comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To learn all of the intricacies of Alistar to pair well with Annie during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to have in your Alistar and Annie synergy build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Alistar included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Annie than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Alistar boasted an average winrate of 49.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Annie with these items in his kit.

To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, Alistar players should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Annie with Alistar are shown for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a distinct division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.