Alistar with Galio
How to Synergize Alistar and Galio
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Alistar Galio Synergy Summary
Best Alistar vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Alistar and Galio
Tips for Playing as Alistar with Galio
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.
Advice to Understand How Galio Will Play
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.
Alistar Galio Synergy Stats
How to Play with Galio as Alistar in LoL
The Alistar Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Alistar sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Galio. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Galio helps Alistar perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Alistar plays on the same team as Galio, he sees a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This change may indicate that Galio helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played alongside Galio 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 Galio.
Additionally, when Alistar plays with Galio on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Galio does a decent job of protecting Alistar during team fights.
Synergies between Alistar and Galio
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Is Alistar better when played alongside Galio?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Alistar that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. Yet, Galio is a below average companion for Alistar. By playing on the same side as Alistar, he drops their win rate by -1.8% to 47.6%. This demonstrates that there is a negative synergy between Alistar and Galio that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Galio has a lower difficulty than Alistar. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Galio comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champs will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by grouping Alistar and Galio together, you may not be giving your team enough anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Galio ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Alistar in order to synergize with Galio during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to include in your Alistar and Galio synergy build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Alistar used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Galio than with most other typical builds. In fact, Alistar boasted an average win rate of 47.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Galio with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Alistar players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Alistar and Galio pairings, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.6% win rate overall.
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