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Ivern with Alistar

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How to Synergize Ivern and Alistar

based on 719 Ivern with Alistar pairs
Win Rate
46.7 %
K/D/A
3.4
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the stats from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Ivern has been on the same team as Alistar in 719 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much relevant data from the makers of League, we are sure that we can provide you with high-quality, usable builds to help Ivern play with Alistar. It is relatively rare for Ivern to play alongside Alistar on the same team. This has only happened in approx. 1.8% of games with Ivern.

Ivern Alistar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Ivern does a terrible job of teaming up with Alistar. On average, he wins a lowly 46.7% of the time the champs appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Ivern when fighting on the same team as Alistar by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Ivern vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Ivern Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

Imperial MandateShurelya's BattlesongArdent CenserMikael's Blessing

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ivern to level upe
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Second ability for Ivern to level upq
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Last skill for Ivern to max outw

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryNimbus CloakTranscendenceWaterwalking
DominationEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Ivern's passive ability p
Ivern's q ability q
Ivern's w ability w
Ivern's e ability e
Ivern's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Ivern and Alistar

Tips for Playing as Ivern with Alistar

Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!

Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!

Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!

Advice to Understand How Alistar Will Play

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.

Ivern Alistar Synergy Stats

Ivern Image
Win Rate
46.7 %
VS
Win Rate
53.3 %
Alistar Image
2.5
< Kills >
2.5
4.7
< Deaths >
4.7
13.5
< Assists >
13.3
0.54
< Killing Sprees >
0.54
17
< Minions Killed >
19
1.22
< Dragons Killed >
1.13
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.53
2,817
< Physical Damage >
2,780
6,231
< Magic Damage >
6,122
1,120
< True Damage >
1,060
10,169
< Damage Dealt >
9,963
17,144
< Damage Taken >
17,202
9,724
< Gold Earned >
9,832
1.82
< Towers >
1.85
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
6,272
< Total Healing >
6,227
12,315
< Experience >
12,577
23
< Vision Score >
25
6
< Wards Placed >
7
276
< Time Dealing CC >
263

How to Play with Alistar as Ivern in LoL

The Ivern Alistar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Alistar, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Ivern sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Alistar. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Alistar helps Ivern perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Ivern is paired with Alistar, he gets a little increase in his complete damage output. This may indicate that Alistar helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Ivern is played with Alistar 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 Alistar.

Additionally, when Ivern plays with Alistar on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Alistar does a decent job of protecting Ivern in team fights.

Synergies between Ivern and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Ivern
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Ivern
Alistar

Is Ivern better when played alongside Alistar?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Ivern that will always be his top teammate. Yet, Alistar is a terrible ally for Ivern. By playing on the same side as Ivern, he decreases their win rate by -4.1% to 46.7%. This proves that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Ivern and Alistar that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Alistar has a lower difficulty than Ivern. That means Ivern players don't need to be careful when lining up Alistar allies to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to work well with you.

When playing on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.

Although, by grouping Ivern and Alistar together, you will not be providing your other allies very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Alistar ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Ivern Players

How We Calculated Our Ivern Alistar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Ivern and Alistar, we analyzed 719 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 Ivern with Alistar 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

If you would like to truly master Ivern in order to pair well with Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to use in your Ivern and Alistar synergy build include Redemption, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Ivern included at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Alistar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Ivern boasted an average winrate of 46.7% when playing alongside Alistar with this build.

To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Ivern and Alistar pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.7% winrate overall.

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