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How to Synergize Alistar and Graves

based on 3,193 Alistar with Graves pairs
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
2.56
Pick Rate
4.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download data from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Alistar has fought alongside Graves in 3193 recent, ranked matches. By accumulating so much relevant data directly from the developers of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can showcase high quality, accurate builds to help Alistar play with Graves. It is somewhat uncommon for Alistar to play with Graves on the same team. This pairing has only taken place in about 4.9% of rounds with Alistar.

Alistar Graves Synergy Summary

Alistar has done a ok job of fighting on the same side as Graves. Typically, he wins an acceptable 50.0% of rounds the champs play on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Alistar when playing with Graves by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Alistar vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceKnight's VowLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

BloodsongFrozen HeartTrailblazerForce of Nature

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 HasteArmorHealth Scaling
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
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Alistar and Graves

Tips for Playing as Alistar with Graves

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 Graves Will Play

Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.

Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.

Alistar Graves Synergy Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Graves Image
2
< Kills >
2.1
6.1
< Deaths >
6.1
13.6
< Assists >
13.9
0.35
< Killing Sprees >
0.37
32
< Minions Killed >
33
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,236
< Physical Damage >
1,324
6,776
< Magic Damage >
6,860
886
< True Damage >
894
8,899
< Damage Dealt >
9,078
25,540
< Damage Taken >
26,157
8,322
< Gold Earned >
8,432
1.79
< Towers >
1.8
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,940
< Total Healing >
9,284
10,225
< Experience >
10,386
56
< Vision Score >
54
25
< Wards Placed >
24
255
< Time Dealing CC >
267

How to Play with Graves as Alistar in LoL

The Alistar Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Graves. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Graves helps Alistar perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Alistar is paired with Graves, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Graves does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played alongside Graves on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Graves. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Graves.

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

Synergies between Alistar and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Alistar
Graves

Is Alistar better when played alongside Graves?

There is no ideal companion for Alistar that will always be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Graves is a very typical teammate for Alistar. By playing on the same side as Alistar, he improves their win rate by 0.6% to 50.0%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong synergy between Alistar and Graves that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.

Graves has a much lower diffuclty than Alistar. That means Alistar players don't need to be careful when arranging Graves teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Working together, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by bringing Alistar and Graves together, you probably will not be granting your team a great deal of AP. We recommend you have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Graves ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar Graves Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Alistar and Graves, we analyzed 3,193 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 Graves 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

If you would like to truly master Alistar to work well with Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to use in your Alistar and Graves synergy build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Alistar included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Graves than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Alistar boasted an average winrate of 50.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Graves with this build.

To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, Alistar players should equip 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 we have analyed for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.0% winrate overall.

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