Xerath with Alistar
How to Synergize Xerath and Alistar
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Xerath Alistar Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Alistar
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Alistar
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath Alistar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Alistar as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath 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, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Alistar. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Alistar helps Xerath perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath plays on the same team as Alistar, he gets a clear improvement in his total damage dealt. This difference could signal that Alistar helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played alongside 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 alongside Alistar.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Alistar on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Alistar does a decent job of covering Xerath in teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Alistar
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Alistar?
There is no ideal ally for Xerath that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. However, Alistar is a very typical teammate for Xerath. By being on the same side as Xerath, he decreases their win rate by -0.4% to 50.2%. This shows that there is not really a strong bond between Xerath and Alistar that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Alistar has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Alistar comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Xerath players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by bringing Xerath and Alistar together, you may not be granting your other allies enough sustained damage output. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of your Alistar ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to synergize with Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Xerath and Alistar synergy build include Void Staff, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Alistar than with many other common builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 50.2% when playing alongside Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Alistar with Xerath are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.