Galio with Alistar
How to Synergize Galio and Alistar
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Galio Alistar Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Galio and Alistar
Tips for Playing as Galio with Alistar
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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.
Galio Alistar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Alistar as Galio in LoL
The Galio Alistar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Alistar, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Galio sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Alistar. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Alistar helps Galio perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Galio plays on the same team as Alistar, he sees a clear improvement in his complete damage dealt. This change may indicate that Alistar helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Galio is played together with Alistar on the same team, 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 Alistar.
Moreover, when Galio plays with Alistar on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Alistar does a decent job of protecting Galio during team fights.
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Is Galio better when played alongside Alistar?
There is no top companion for Galio that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. Yet, Alistar is a relatively poor companion for Galio. By being on the same team as Galio, he decreases their win rate by -3.0% to 47.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad bond between Galio and Alistar that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Alistar has a greater difficulty than Galio. That means you must be cautious when arranging Alistar teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. Together, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by aligning Galio and Alistar together, you will not be granting your side a great deal of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Alistar ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Galio in order to synergize with Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to prioritize in your Galio and Alistar synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Galio combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when paired up with Alistar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Galio boasted an average win rate of 47.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Galio and Alistar pairings, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.6% win rate overall.
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