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How to Synergize Alistar with Nilah on the Same TeamAlistar is in the s tier of champions

Alistar with Nilah

How to Win With Alistar and Nilah Paired TogetherAlistar is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Alistar and Nilah

based on 659 Alistar with Nilah pairs
Win Rate
53.1 %
K/D/A
2.65
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Alistar has gone into battle with Nilah in 659 recently played, competitive matches. By amassing so much relevant data straight from the publishers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can give you robust, accurate builds to help Alistar synergize with Nilah. It is very rare for Alistar to play alongside Nilah on the same side. This has only happened in approx. 1.4% of rounds with Alistar.

Alistar Nilah Synergy Summary

Alistar does a good job of playing alongside Nilah. Normally, he wins a fantastic 53.1% of games the champions play on the same team. If you want to do better as Alistar when playing with Nilah by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with them, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Alistar vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionRelic Shield

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
EvenshroudKnight's VowBulwark of the Mountain

Optional Items

Thornmail

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
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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 Nilah

Tips for Playing as Alistar with Nilah

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.

Alistar Nilah Synergy Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
53.1 %
VS
Win Rate
46.9 %
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1.9
< Kills >
1.9
5.5
< Deaths >
5.9
12.7
< Assists >
13
0.34
< Killing Sprees >
0.33
35
< Minions Killed >
35
0.02
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,265
< Physical Damage >
1,181
6,354
< Magic Damage >
6,011
798
< True Damage >
754
8,418
< Damage Dealt >
7,947
23,923
< Damage Taken >
24,150
7,499
< Gold Earned >
7,636
1.74
< Towers >
1.68
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,768
< Total Healing >
8,712
10,174
< Experience >
9,919
43
< Vision Score >
46
19
< Wards Placed >
20
172
< Time Dealing CC >
170

How to Play with Nilah as Alistar in LoL

The Alistar Nilah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nilah, 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 Nilah. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Nilah helps Alistar perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Alistar plays on the same team as Nilah, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This could signal that Nilah supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that their presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played with Nilah on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Nilah.

Moreover, when Alistar plays with Nilah on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Nilah does a decent job of protecting Alistar during team fights.

Synergies between Alistar and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Alistar
Nilah

Is Alistar better when played alongside Nilah?

There is no perfect ally for Alistar that will always be his top teammate. However, Nilah is a pretty good companion for Alistar. By playing on the same team as Alistar, they improves their win rate by 2.0% to 53.1%. This clearly indicates that there is pretty good synergy between Alistar and Nilah that results in them performing stronger together than alone.

Nilah has a greater difficulty than Alistar. That means Alistar players should be very careful when lining up Nilah comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Fighting on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Although, by grouping Alistar and Nilah together, you will not be giving your side very much magic damage. Plan to have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Nilah ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar Nilah Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Alistar and Nilah, we analyzed 659 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 Nilah 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 learn all of the intricacies of Alistar to synergize with Nilah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The ideal items to focus on in your Alistar and Nilah synergy build consist of Evenshroud, Knight's Vow, and Bulwark of the Mountain. When Alistar used at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Nilah than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 53.1% helping carry Nilah with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating 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 yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.1% win rate overall.

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