Alistar with Talon
How to Synergize Alistar and Talon
based on 1,427 Alistar with Talon pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Alistar Talon Synergy Summary
Best Alistar vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Alistar and Talon
Tips for Playing as Alistar with Talon
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 Talon Will Play
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
Alistar Talon Synergy Stats
How to Play with Talon as Alistar in LoL
The Alistar Talon synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Talon, 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 Talon. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Talon helps Alistar perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Alistar tries to synergize with Talon, he sees a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Talon does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played alongside Talon on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Talon. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Talon.
Moreover, when Alistar plays with Talon on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Talon does a decent job of covering Alistar during team fights.
Synergies between Alistar and Talon
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Is Alistar better when played alongside Talon?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Alistar that will always be his best ally. However, overall, Talon is a very typical ally for Alistar. By locking into the same team as Alistar, he lowers their win rate by -0.3% to 49.1%. This proves that there is a weak strategic relationship between Alistar and Talon that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Talon has a lower difficulty than Alistar. That means Alistar players don't need to be cautious when arranging Talon teammates to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by pairing Alistar and Talon together, you will not be granting your other teammates a lot of magical damage output. We recommend you have other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Talon ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Alistar in order to pair well with Talon during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to focus on in your Alistar and Talon synergy build include Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Talon than with many other typical builds. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 49.1% helping carry Talon with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, Alistar players should use 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 builds that we analyzed for Alistar and Talon pairings, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Talon with Alistar are given for all ranked divisions. To narrow the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.