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Kai'Sa with Alistar

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How to Synergize Kai'Sa and Alistar

based on 3,300 Kai'Sa with Alistar pairs
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull data from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each week. Kai'Sa has fought alongside Alistar in 3300 recent, ranked games. By amassing so much great data straight from the hosts of LoL, we are confident that we can present to you high-quality, accurate builds to help Kai'Sa synergize with Alistar. It is relatively rare for Kai'Sa to play alongside Alistar on the same team. This pairing has only happened in approximately 2.1% of games with Kai'Sa.

Kai'Sa Alistar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa has done a dismal job of teaming up with Alistar. Typically, she wins a poor 47.6% of games the champs appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Kai'Sa when fighting on the same team as Alistar by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kai'Sa vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
StormrazorNashor's ToothGuinsoo's Rageblade

Optional Items

BloodthirsterStormsurgeNavori QuickbladesMuramana

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
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Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
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Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Kai'Sa and Alistar

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa with Alistar

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

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.

Kai'Sa Alistar Synergy Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
Alistar Image
8
< Kills >
7.7
6.1
< Deaths >
6.3
6.1
< Assists >
6.2
1.87
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
182
< Minions Killed >
180
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.46
12,943
< Physical Damage >
12,169
8,420
< Magic Damage >
8,110
441
< True Damage >
432
21,805
< Damage Dealt >
20,712
20,252
< Damage Taken >
20,172
12,569
< Gold Earned >
12,522
2.17
< Towers >
2.1
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
4,125
< Total Healing >
4,377
12,669
< Experience >
12,822
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
47
< Time Dealing CC >
45

How to Play with Alistar as Kai'Sa in LoL

The Kai'Sa 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, Kai'Sa sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Alistar. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Alistar helps Kai'Sa perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kai'Sa tries to synergize with Alistar, she gets a little increase in her complete damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Alistar provides protection for her to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kai'Sa is played with Alistar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Alistar.

Additionally, when Kai'Sa plays with Alistar on the same side, she often receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Alistar does a poor job of protecting Kai'Sa during teamfights.

Synergies between Kai'Sa and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kai'Sa
Alistar

Is Kai'Sa better when played alongside Alistar?

There is no perfect synergy for Kai'Sa that will no matter what be her top teammate. Yet, overall, Alistar is a good companion for Kai'Sa. By playing on the same team as Kai'Sa, he increases their win rate by 1.1% to 47.6%. This demonstrates that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Kai'Sa and Alistar that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.

Alistar has a greater difficulty than Kai'Sa. That means Kai'Sa players should be cautious when arranging Alistar allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Working alongside, Kai'Sa players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

In contrast, by pairing Kai'Sa and Alistar together, you will not be providing your other teammates very much magic damage. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Alistar ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa Alistar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kai'Sa and Alistar, we analyzed 3,300 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 Kai'Sa 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

If you would like to truly master Kai'Sa to synergize with Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The top finished items to get in your Kai'Sa and Alistar synergy build include Stormrazor, Nashor's Tooth, and Guinsoo's Rageblade. When Kai'Sa incorporated at least these three great items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting alongside Alistar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average winrate of 47.6% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Alistar with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Kai'Sa and Alistar pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.6% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Alistar with Kai'Sa are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located above.