Alistar with Thresh
How to Synergize Alistar and Thresh
based on 133 Alistar with Thresh pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Alistar Thresh Synergy Summary
Best Alistar vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Alistar and Thresh
Tips for Playing as Alistar with Thresh
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 Thresh Will Play
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
Alistar Thresh Synergy Stats
How to Play with Thresh as Alistar in LoL
The Alistar Thresh synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Thresh, 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 Thresh. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Thresh helps Alistar perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Alistar is paired with Thresh, he observes a massive increase in his full damage output. This difference could indicate that Thresh provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played alongside Thresh on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Thresh.
Additionally, when Alistar plays with Thresh on the same team, he on average receives much more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Thresh does a poor job of protecting Alistar during team fights.
Synergies between Alistar and Thresh
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Is Alistar better when played alongside Thresh?
There is no one best champion pairing for Alistar that will no matter what be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Thresh is a very bad companion for Alistar. By playing on the same team as Alistar, he drops their win rate by -14.1% to 35.3%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad bond between Alistar and Thresh that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Thresh has a lower difficulty than Alistar. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Thresh teammates to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to support your allies. Together, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
In contrast, by pairing Alistar and Thresh together, you probably will not be giving your side very much AD. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Thresh ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Alistar to pair well with Thresh during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Alistar and Thresh synergy build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Frozen Heart. When Alistar included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Thresh than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Alistar boasted an average win rate of 35.3% helping carry Thresh with this build.
To have the best chance of beating your oponents, you 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 Alistar and Thresh pairings, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 35.3% winrate overall.
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