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.
It can be valuable to purchase one of the items that can slow enemies: Frozen Mallet, Dead Man's Plate, or Entropy.
Shyvana's abilities all benefit from attacking units. As a result, Attack Speed items are more valuable on her than most champions.
Burnout is an ideal choice for jungling. Monsters will be hit by the full duration, and the speed boost improves her ganking potential.
Flame Breath is great to level-up against difficult lane opponents.
The Alistar Shyvana synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shyvana, 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 Shyvana. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Shyvana helps Alistar perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Alistar tries to synergize with Shyvana, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This change could signal that Shyvana does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played alongside Shyvana on the same side, 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 Shyvana.
Additionally, when Alistar plays with Shyvana on the same side, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Shyvana does a decent job of covering Alistar during team fights.
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Alistar that will always be his ideal teammate. Yet, Shyvana is a very bad teammate for Alistar. By playing on the same side as Alistar, she decreases their win rate by -3.6% to 45.8%. This shows that there is a terrible synergy between Alistar and Shyvana that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Shyvana has a much lower diffuclty than Alistar. That means Alistar players don't need to be careful when enlisting Shyvana allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by bringing Alistar and Shyvana together, you probably will not be providing your other allies enough magical damage output. Make sure to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of your Shyvana ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
To learn all of the intricacies of Alistar in order to pair well with Shyvana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Alistar and Shyvana synergy build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Shyvana than with many other common builds. In fact, Alistar boasted an average win rate of 45.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Shyvana with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Alistar players should equip 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 combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 45.8% win rate overall.
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