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.
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
The Alistar Master Yi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Master Yi, 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 Master Yi. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Master Yi helps Alistar perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Alistar plays on the same team as Master Yi, he sees a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Master Yi doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played with Master Yi 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 synergisticly with Master Yi.
Moreover, when Alistar plays with Master Yi on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Master Yi does a decent job of protecting Alistar during team fights.
There is no ideal synergy for Alistar that will no matter what be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Master Yi is a pretty good teammate for Alistar. By playing on the same team as Alistar, he improves their win rate by 1.6% to 51.0%. This proves that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Alistar and Master Yi that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Master Yi has a much lower diffuclty than Alistar. That means Alistar players don't need to be careful when lining up Master Yi teammates to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by aligning Alistar and Master Yi together, you probably will not be giving your team much AP. We recommend you have other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Master Yi ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
To learn all of the intricacies of Alistar to work well with Master Yi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Alistar and Master Yi synergy build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Master Yi than with most other common item sets. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 51.0% when playing alongside Master Yi with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating 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 builds players picked for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.
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