Alistar with Darius
How to Synergize Alistar and Darius
based on 2,137 Alistar with Darius pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Alistar Darius Synergy Summary
Best Alistar vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Alistar and Darius
Tips for Playing as Alistar with Darius
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 Darius Will Play
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
Alistar Darius Synergy Stats
How to Play with Darius as Alistar in LoL
The Alistar Darius synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Darius, 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 Darius. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Darius helps Alistar perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Alistar plays on the same team as Darius, he observes a little drop in his total damage output. This may signal that Darius does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played with Darius on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Darius.
Moreover, when Alistar plays with Darius on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Darius does a decent job of covering Alistar during team fights.
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Is Alistar better when played alongside Darius?
There is no perfect companion for Alistar that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, Darius is a below average teammate for Alistar. By being on the same team as Alistar, he lowers their win rate by -1.2% to 48.2%. This proves that there is a harmful synergy between Alistar and Darius that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Darius has a much lower diffuclty than Alistar. That means Alistar players don't need to be careful when arranging Darius teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Alistar players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by grouping Alistar and Darius together, you may not be granting your other teammates very much magical damage output. Plan to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Darius teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Alistar in order to synergize with Darius during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to build first in your Alistar and Darius synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Darius than with many other typical builds. In fact, Alistar boasted an average win rate of 48.2% helping carry Darius with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating your oponents, Alistar players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Alistar and Darius pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.
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