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Ryze with Alistar

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How to Synergize Ryze and Alistar

based on 628 Ryze with Alistar pairs
Win Rate
50 %
K/D/A
2.43
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in data from from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Ryze has been on the same team as Alistar in 628 recent, ranked games. By amassing so much accurate data directly from the developers of LoL, we are completely sure that we can produce robust, insightful builds to help Ryze play with Alistar. It is relatively rare for Ryze to play alongside Alistar on the same team. This has only taken place in approximately 1.8% of rounds with Ryze.

Ryze Alistar Synergy Summary

Ryze does a ok job of playing alongside Alistar. On average, he wins an acceptable 50.0% of games the champions try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to do better as Ryze when playing with Alistar by learning how to better synergize your play style with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Ryze vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCatalyst of Aeons

Core Ryze Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceStormsurgeRod of Ages

Optional Items

Luden's CompanionRabadon's DeathcapZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ryze to level upq
>
Second ability for Ryze to level upe
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Last skill for Ryze to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Ryze's passive ability p
Ryze's q ability q
Ryze's w ability w
Ryze's e ability e
Ryze's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
3
W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Ryze and Alistar

Tips for Playing as Ryze with Alistar

Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.

Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.

Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.

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.

Ryze Alistar Synergy Stats

Ryze Image
Win Rate
50 %
VS
Win Rate
50 %
Alistar Image
6.3
< Kills >
5.8
5.4
< Deaths >
5.6
6.8
< Assists >
6.3
1.47
< Killing Sprees >
1.34
201
< Minions Killed >
191
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.48
1,067
< Physical Damage >
1,026
24,098
< Magic Damage >
22,152
330
< True Damage >
298
25,495
< Damage Dealt >
23,476
26,606
< Damage Taken >
26,426
12,542
< Gold Earned >
12,017
2.39
< Towers >
2.19
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
4,438
< Total Healing >
4,408
16,457
< Experience >
15,956
19
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
100
< Time Dealing CC >
95

How to Play with Alistar as Ryze in LoL

The Ryze 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, Ryze sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Alistar. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Alistar helps Ryze perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Ryze tries to synergize with Alistar, he gets a sizeable uptick in his total damage dealt. This change may signal that Alistar supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Ryze is played alongside Alistar 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 alongside Alistar.

Additionally, when Ryze plays with Alistar on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Alistar does a poor job of covering Ryze in team fights.

Synergies between Ryze and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Ryze
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Ryze
Alistar

Is Ryze better when played alongside Alistar?

There is no top ally for Ryze that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Alistar is a good companion for Ryze. By playing on the same side as Ryze, he raises their win rate by 1.0% to 50.0%. This shows that there is a good strategic relationship between Ryze and Alistar that allows them to perform better together than alone.

Alistar has a lower difficulty than Ryze. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Alistar allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.

Fighting together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Together, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by bringing Ryze and Alistar together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates a lot of attack damage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Alistar teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Ryze Players

How We Calculated Our Ryze Alistar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Ryze and Alistar, we analyzed 628 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 Ryze 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 Ryze to work well with Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to use in your Ryze and Alistar synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Stormsurge, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Alistar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Ryze had an average winrate of 50.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Alistar with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Alistar with Ryze are displayed for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.