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How to Synergize Annie with Alistar on the Same TeamAnnie is in the a tier of champions

Annie with Alistar

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How to Synergize Annie and Alistar

based on 892 Annie with Alistar pairs
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
2.43
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Annie has gone into battle with Alistar in 892 recently played, ranked matches. By gathering so much relevant data directly from the publishers of LoL, we are confident that we can provide you with robust, accurate builds to help Annie synergize with Alistar. It is very rare for Annie to play alongside Alistar as allies. This has only occurred in approx. 1.4% of matches with Annie.

Annie Alistar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Annie has done a poor job of teaming up with Alistar. Normally, she wins an acceptable 49.0% of the time the champions play on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Annie when fighting on the same team as Alistar by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Annie vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Annie Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassMalignanceLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Annie to level upq
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Second ability for Annie to level upw
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Last skill for Annie to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandAbsolute Focus
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Annie's passive ability p
Annie's q ability q
Annie's w ability w
Annie's e ability e
Annie's ultimate ability r
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Annie and Alistar

Tips for Playing as Annie with Alistar

Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.

Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.

Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.

Advice to Understand How Alistar Will Play

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.

Annie Alistar Synergy Stats

Annie Image
Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
Alistar Image
6.7
< Kills >
6.4
6
< Deaths >
6.2
7.9
< Assists >
8.1
1.55
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
154
< Minions Killed >
137
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.43
931
< Physical Damage >
885
21,496
< Magic Damage >
20,558
1,234
< True Damage >
1,243
23,662
< Damage Dealt >
22,687
18,389
< Damage Taken >
18,233
11,131
< Gold Earned >
10,970
1.87
< Towers >
1.77
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
1,602
< Total Healing >
1,673
13,940
< Experience >
13,685
17
< Vision Score >
22
8
< Wards Placed >
10
246
< Time Dealing CC >
231

How to Play with Alistar as Annie in LoL

The Annie Alistar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Alistar, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Annie sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Alistar. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Alistar helps Annie perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Annie plays on the same team as Alistar, she gets a little increase in her total damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Alistar helps provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Annie is played alongside Alistar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Alistar.

Additionally, when Annie plays with Alistar on the same team, she usually receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Alistar does a poor job of protecting Annie in teamfights.

Synergies between Annie and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Annie
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Annie
Alistar

Is Annie better when played alongside Alistar?

There is no top synergy for Annie that will always be her ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Alistar is a very typical ally for Annie. By being on the same side as Annie, he lowers their win rate by -0.3% to 49.0%. This signals that there is only a small synergy between Annie and Alistar that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Alistar has a greater difficulty than Annie. That means you should be very careful when arranging Alistar teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Working together, Annie players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by bringing Annie and Alistar together, you may not be giving your team a lot of attack damage. Plan to have other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Alistar ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Annie Players

How We Calculated Our Annie Alistar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Annie and Alistar, we analyzed 892 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 Annie with Alistar 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

To truly master Annie to synergize with Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to have in your Annie and Alistar synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better as an ally of Alistar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Annie had an average win rate of 49.0% helping carry Alistar with this build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Annie and Alistar pairings, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.0% winrate overall.

If you want to view Annie and Alistar cooperations tips and stats for a a distinct player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions displayed are computed using every match run with both champions.