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How to Synergize Alistar and Nilah

based on 1,034 Alistar with Nilah pairs
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
2.62
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each week. Alistar has fought alongside Nilah in 1034 recently played, ranked matches. By amassing so much great data directly from the makers of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can give you high quality, accurate builds to help Alistar play with Nilah. It is relatively rare for Alistar to play with Nilah as teammates. This has only happened in approx. 1.6% of rounds with Alistar.

Alistar Nilah Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Alistar does a below average job of fighting on the same side as Nilah. On average, he wins an acceptable 49.0% of rounds the champs play on the same team. If you want to do better as Alistar when playing alongside Nilah by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with them, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Alistar vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorPlated Steelcaps

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
Frozen HeartLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Force of NatureTrailblazerThornmailZeke's Convergence

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Alistar to level upq
>
Second ability for Alistar to level upw
>
Last skill for Alistar to max oute

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentHextech FlashtraptionMinion DematerializerCosmic Insight
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Ability HasteArmorArmor
Alistar's passive ability p
Alistar's q ability q
Alistar's w ability w
Alistar's e ability e
Alistar's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Alistar and Nilah

Tips for Playing as Alistar with Nilah

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.

Alistar Nilah Synergy Stats

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Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
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1.9
< Kills >
2.1
6
< Deaths >
6.1
13.8
< Assists >
13.9
0.34
< Killing Sprees >
0.37
33
< Minions Killed >
33
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,400
< Physical Damage >
1,324
7,136
< Magic Damage >
6,860
927
< True Damage >
894
9,463
< Damage Dealt >
9,078
26,388
< Damage Taken >
26,157
8,381
< Gold Earned >
8,432
1.82
< Towers >
1.8
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,239
< Total Healing >
9,284
10,767
< Experience >
10,386
51
< Vision Score >
54
22
< Wards Placed >
24
271
< Time Dealing CC >
267

How to Play with Nilah as Alistar in LoL

The Alistar Nilah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nilah, 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 Nilah. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Nilah helps Alistar perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Alistar is paired with Nilah, he gets a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This could signal that Nilah provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that their support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played together with Nilah 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 with Nilah.

Moreover, when Alistar plays with Nilah on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Nilah does a poor job of protecting Alistar during team fights.

Synergies between Alistar and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Alistar
Nilah

Is Alistar better when played alongside Nilah?

There is no perfect champion pairing for Alistar that will always be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Nilah is a very typical teammate for Alistar. By locking into the same side as Alistar, they decreases their win rate by -0.4% to 49.0%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Alistar and Nilah that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Nilah has a greater difficulty than Alistar. That means you must be cautious when enlisting Nilah allies to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

When playing on the same side, Alistar players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by pairing Alistar and Nilah together, you may not be giving your other allies a lot of AP. We recommend you have other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Nilah ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar Nilah Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Alistar and Nilah, we analyzed 1,034 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 Alistar with Nilah 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 learn all of the intricacies of Alistar to work well with Nilah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to have in your Alistar and Nilah synergy build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Nilah than with most other common builds. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 49.0% helping carry Nilah with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.

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