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.
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
The Alistar Lee Sin synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lee Sin, 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 Lee Sin. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Lee Sin helps Alistar perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Alistar plays on the same team as Lee Sin, he sees a little drop in his complete damage output. This change could demonstrate that Lee Sin does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played together with Lee Sin 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 Lee Sin.
Moreover, when Alistar plays with Lee Sin on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Lee Sin does a decent job of protecting Alistar in team fights.
There is no universally accepted best ally for Alistar that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, Lee Sin is a terrible teammate for Alistar. By locking into the same side as Alistar, he drops their win rate by -4.0% to 45.4%. This demonstrates that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Alistar and Lee Sin that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Lee Sin has a lower difficulty than Alistar. That means Alistar players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Lee Sin comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Working on the same side, Alistar players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by bringing Alistar and Lee Sin together, you will not be granting your side very much magical damage output. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Lee Sin ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Alistar to synergize with Lee Sin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Alistar and Lee Sin synergy build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Alistar bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Lee Sin than with most other common builds. In fact, Alistar boasted an average win rate of 45.4% helping carry Lee Sin with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, you should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 45.4% winrate overall.
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