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.
The Alistar Volibear synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Volibear, 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 Volibear. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Volibear helps Alistar perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Alistar tries to synergize with Volibear, he observes a little drop in his total damage output. This change could demonstrate that Volibear does not help protection 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 with Volibear on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Volibear.
Additionally, when Alistar plays with Volibear on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Volibear does a decent job of covering Alistar during teamfights.
There is no one best champion pairing for Alistar that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Volibear is a very typical ally for Alistar. By playing on the same side as Alistar, he lowers their win rate by -0.8% to 48.6%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Alistar and Volibear that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Volibear has a much lower diffuclty than Alistar. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Volibear teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working on the same side, Alistar players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by grouping Alistar and Volibear together, you probably will not be granting your team a great deal of magical damage output. Plan to pick other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Volibear ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Alistar to pair well with Volibear during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to focus on in your Alistar and Volibear synergy build consist of Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Volibear than with many other common builds. In fact, Alistar boasted an average winrate of 48.6% helping carry Volibear with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, Alistar players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.6% winrate overall.
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