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How to Synergize Alistar with Ziggs on the Same TeamAlistar is in the a tier of champions

Alistar with Ziggs

How to Win With Alistar and Ziggs Paired TogetherAlistar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Alistar and Ziggs

based on 735 Alistar with Ziggs pairs
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.4
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull data from from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each week. Alistar has been on the same team as Ziggs in 735 recent, ranked matches. By amassing so much great data straight from the makers of League, we are sure that we can present to you robust, usable builds to help Alistar play with Ziggs. It is very rare for Alistar to play with Ziggs as teammates. This has only taken place in about 1.1% of games with Alistar.

Alistar Ziggs Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Alistar does a poor job of teaming up with Ziggs. Typically, he wins a poor 48.0% of the time the champions appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Alistar when fighting on the same team as Ziggs by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Alistar vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsRuby Crystal

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerZeke's ConvergenceCelestial Opposition

Optional Items

Solstice SleighFrozen HeartThornmailLocket of the Iron Solari

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 FlashtraptionBiscuit DeliveryCosmic 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 Ziggs

Tips for Playing as Alistar with Ziggs

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 Ziggs Will Play

Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.

Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.

Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.

Alistar Ziggs Synergy Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Ziggs Image
2.3
< Kills >
2.1
6.2
< Deaths >
6.1
12.6
< Assists >
13.9
0.41
< Killing Sprees >
0.37
33
< Minions Killed >
33
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,327
< Physical Damage >
1,324
6,811
< Magic Damage >
6,860
901
< True Damage >
894
9,039
< Damage Dealt >
9,078
26,232
< Damage Taken >
26,157
8,426
< Gold Earned >
8,432
1.64
< Towers >
1.8
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
8,820
< Total Healing >
9,284
10,282
< Experience >
10,386
53
< Vision Score >
54
24
< Wards Placed >
24
265
< Time Dealing CC >
267

How to Play with Ziggs as Alistar in LoL

The Alistar Ziggs synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ziggs, 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 Ziggs. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Ziggs helps Alistar perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Alistar is paired with Ziggs, he observes a little drop in his complete damage output. This difference could indicate that Ziggs does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played together with Ziggs 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 with Ziggs.

Moreover, when Alistar plays with Ziggs on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Ziggs does a poor job of protecting Alistar during teamfights.

Synergies between Alistar and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Alistar
Ziggs

Is Alistar better when played alongside Ziggs?

There is no one best champion pairing for Alistar that will always be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Ziggs is a relatively poor ally for Alistar. By playing on the same team as Alistar, he drops their win rate by -1.4% to 48.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad bond between Alistar and Ziggs that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Ziggs has a much lower diffuclty than Alistar. That means Alistar players don't need to be cautious when arranging Ziggs comrades to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Playing on the same side, Alistar players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by pairing Alistar and Ziggs together, you probably will not be providing your other allies a lot of attack damage. Plan to have other champs on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Ziggs ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar Ziggs Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Alistar and Ziggs, we analyzed 735 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 Ziggs 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 work well with Ziggs during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The best items to have in your Alistar and Ziggs synergy build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Celestial Opposition. When Alistar combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Ziggs than with many other common item sets. In fact, Alistar boasted an average win rate of 48.0% helping carry Ziggs with this build.

To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.0% winrate overall.

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