Alistar with Hecarim
How to Synergize Alistar and Hecarim
based on 1,493 Alistar with Hecarim pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Alistar Hecarim Synergy Summary
Best Alistar vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Alistar and Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Alistar with Hecarim
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 Hecarim Will Play
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
Alistar Hecarim Synergy Stats
How to Play with Hecarim as Alistar in LoL
The Alistar Hecarim synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hecarim, 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 Hecarim. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Hecarim helps Alistar perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Alistar tries to synergize with Hecarim, he observes a little drop in his complete damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Hecarim does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played with Hecarim 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 synergisticly with Hecarim.
Moreover, when Alistar plays with Hecarim on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Hecarim does a decent job of protecting Alistar in teamfights.
Synergies between Alistar and Hecarim
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Is Alistar better when played alongside Hecarim?
There is no top champion pairing for Alistar that will always be his ideal teammate. Yet, Hecarim is a very typical ally for Alistar. By locking into the same side as Alistar, he drops their win rate by -0.4% to 49.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Alistar and Hecarim that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Hecarim has a lower difficulty than Alistar. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Hecarim teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Together, these two will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by pairing Alistar and Hecarim together, you will not be providing your side much AP. We recommend you include other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Hecarim ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should 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 Hecarim during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to use in your Alistar and Hecarim synergy build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Hecarim than with many other common item sets. In fact, Alistar boasted an average winrate of 49.0% helping carry Hecarim with this build.
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 rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.0% win rate overall.
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