Alistar with Rakan
How to Synergize Alistar and Rakan
based on 108 Alistar with Rakan pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Alistar Rakan Synergy Summary
Best Alistar vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Alistar and Rakan
Tips for Playing as Alistar with Rakan
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 Rakan Will Play
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
Alistar Rakan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rakan as Alistar in LoL
The Alistar Rakan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rakan, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Rakan. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Rakan helps Alistar perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Alistar tries to synergize with Rakan, he observes a great improvement in his complete damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Rakan helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played together with Rakan on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Rakan. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Rakan.
Additionally, when Alistar plays with Rakan on the same side, he on average takes much more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Rakan does a poor job of protecting Alistar during teamfights.
Synergies between Alistar and Rakan
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Is Alistar better when played alongside Rakan?
There is no one best champion pairing for Alistar that will always be his best ally. Yet, Rakan is a very bad companion for Alistar. By locking into the same side as Alistar, he lowers their win rate by -13.3% to 36.1%. This shows that there is a terrible bond between Alistar and Rakan that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Rakan has a lower difficulty than Alistar. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Rakan 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.
When playing together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to buff allies and debuff enemies. Combined, these champs should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
In contrast, by bringing Alistar and Rakan together, you probably will not be giving your side a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that fills this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Rakan teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Alistar to pair well with Rakan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to get in your Alistar and Rakan synergy build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Frozen Heart. When Alistar bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Rakan than with most other common item sets. In fact, Alistar boasted an average win rate of 36.1% helping carry Rakan with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Alistar players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 36.1% win rate overall.
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