Alistar with Samira
How to Synergize Alistar and Samira
based on 5,849 Alistar with Samira pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Alistar Samira Synergy Summary
Best Alistar vs Samira Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Alistar Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Synergizing Alistar and Samira
Tips for Playing as Alistar with Samira
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 Samira Synergy Stats
How to Play with Samira as Alistar in LoL
The Alistar Samira synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Samira, 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 Samira. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Samira helps Alistar perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Alistar tries to synergize with Samira, he sees a little drop in his full damage dealt. This change could signal that Samira does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played alongside Samira on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Samira. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Samira.
Additionally, when Alistar plays with Samira on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Samira does a decent job of covering Alistar in teamfights.
Synergies between Alistar and Samira
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Contrasted
Is Alistar better when played alongside Samira?
There is no one best synergy for Alistar that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, Samira is a good companion for Alistar. By locking into the same side as Alistar, she improves their win rate by 2.2% to 51.6%. This shows that there is a good strategic relationship between Alistar and Samira that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Samira has a lower difficulty than Alistar. That means Alistar players don't need to be very careful when arranging Samira teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Working together, Alistar players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by grouping Alistar and Samira together, you probably will not be granting your other allies much AP. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Samira ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
Other Champion Matchups Against Alistar
Other Top Synergies by Role
Additional Information for Alistar Players
How We Calculated Our Alistar Samira Synergy Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Alistar in order to work well with Samira during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to include in your Alistar and Samira synergy build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Alistar combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Samira than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Alistar boasted an average winrate of 51.6% when playing alongside Samira with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should take 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 team composition, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.6% winrate overall.
If you would like to see Alistar and Samira cooperations tips and stats for a an individual skill level, please select one from the selection menu displayed above. By default, the statistics and guides shown are computed using every round completed with these champs.