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How to Synergize Alistar and Taliyah

based on 757 Alistar with Taliyah pairs
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
2.66
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the stats from from millions of League matches straight from Riot Games each week. Alistar has gone into battle with Taliyah in 757 recently played, ranked games. By pooling so much complete data from the makers of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can present to you high quality, insightful builds to help Alistar play with Taliyah. It is very rare for Alistar to play alongside Taliyah on the same side. This pairing has only taken place in about 1.2% of matches with Alistar.

Alistar Taliyah Synergy Summary

Alistar has done a ok job of synergizing with Taliyah. On average, he wins an acceptable 49.7% of the time the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to win more matches as Alistar when playing with Taliyah by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Alistar vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCloth Armor

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceLocket of the Iron SolariSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Frozen HeartKnight's VowTrailblazerCelestial Opposition

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationHextech FlashtraptionCosmic Insight
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
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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W
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Alistar and Taliyah

Tips for Playing as Alistar with Taliyah

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 Taliyah Will Play

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

Alistar Taliyah Synergy Stats

Alistar Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Taliyah Image
2.1
< Kills >
2.1
6.2
< Deaths >
6.1
14.4
< Assists >
13.9
0.36
< Killing Sprees >
0.37
32
< Minions Killed >
33
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,303
< Physical Damage >
1,324
6,656
< Magic Damage >
6,860
935
< True Damage >
894
8,895
< Damage Dealt >
9,078
26,173
< Damage Taken >
26,157
8,476
< Gold Earned >
8,432
1.82
< Towers >
1.8
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,366
< Total Healing >
9,284
10,378
< Experience >
10,386
56
< Vision Score >
54
25
< Wards Placed >
24
246
< Time Dealing CC >
267

How to Play with Taliyah as Alistar in LoL

The Alistar Taliyah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Taliyah, 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 Taliyah. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Taliyah helps Alistar perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Alistar is an ally to Taliyah, he observes a little drop in his total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Taliyah does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played together with Taliyah on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Taliyah. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Taliyah.

Additionally, when Alistar plays with Taliyah on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Taliyah does a poor job of protecting Alistar in teamfights.

Synergies between Alistar and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Alistar
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Alistar
Taliyah

Is Alistar better when played alongside Taliyah?

There is no ideal ally for Alistar that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, overall, Taliyah is a very typical ally for Alistar. By playing on the same team as Alistar, she raises their win rate by 0.3% to 49.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Alistar and Taliyah that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.

Taliyah has a lower difficulty than Alistar. That means Alistar players don't need to be cautious when arranging Taliyah comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to do well with you.

Working alongside, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these two will be a great protective duo.

Conversely, by grouping Alistar and Taliyah together, you probably will not be granting your team enough sustained damage output. Plan to pick other champions on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Taliyah ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Alistar Players

How We Calculated Our Alistar Taliyah Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Alistar and Taliyah, we analyzed 757 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 Taliyah 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 truly master Alistar to synergize with Taliyah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.

The top items to have in your Alistar and Taliyah synergy build include Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Taliyah than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Alistar boasted an average winrate of 49.7% when playing alongside Taliyah with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Alistar players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cosmic Insight, and Hextech Flashtraption runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Alistar and Taliyah pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.7% win rate overall.

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