Hecarim with Alistar
How to Synergize Hecarim and Alistar
based on 1,493 Hecarim with Alistar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Alistar Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Alistar
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Alistar
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
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.
Hecarim Alistar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Alistar as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim 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, Hecarim sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Alistar. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Alistar helps Hecarim perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Hecarim tries to synergize with Alistar, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This change may indicate that Alistar supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played with Alistar on the same side, 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 alongside Alistar.
Additionally, when Hecarim plays with Alistar on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Alistar does a decent job of protecting Hecarim during team fights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Alistar
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Alistar?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Hecarim that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Alistar is a very typical companion for Hecarim. By playing on the same team as Hecarim, he improves their win rate by 0.5% to 49.0%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Hecarim and Alistar that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Alistar has a greater difficulty than Hecarim. That means you must be cautious when finding Alistar comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing alongside, Hecarim players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by grouping Hecarim and Alistar together, you will not be giving your other teammates a lot of magical damage output. Plan to pick other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Alistar ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Hecarim to pair well with Alistar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Hecarim and Alistar synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Eclipse. When Hecarim included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Alistar than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Hecarim had an average winrate of 49.0% helping carry Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Hecarim and Alistar pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Alistar with Hecarim are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.