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Naafiri with Alistar

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How to Synergize Naafiri and Alistar

based on 791 Naafiri with Alistar pairs
Win Rate
51.3 %
K/D/A
2.18
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Naafiri has been on the same team as Alistar in 791 recently played, competitive games. By gathering so much great data directly from the hosts of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can provide you with high-quality, usable builds to help Naafiri synergize with Alistar. It is relatively rare for Naafiri to play alongside Alistar as allies. This pairing has only taken place in approx. 1.6% of rounds with Naafiri.

Naafiri Alistar Synergy Summary

Naafiri has done a decent job of fighting on the same side as Alistar. Normally, they wins an acceptable 51.3% of the time the champions play on the same team. If you want to do better as Naafiri when playing alongside Alistar by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Naafiri vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Naafiri Items

~22 Mins
Edge of NightSerylda's GrudgeProfane Hydra

Optional Items

EclipseVoltaic CycloswordOpportunityHubris

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Naafiri's passive ability p
Naafiri's q ability q
Naafiri's w ability w
Naafiri's e ability e
Naafiri's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Naafiri and Alistar

Tips for Playing as Naafiri with Alistar

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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.

Naafiri Alistar Synergy Stats

Naafiri Image
Win Rate
51.3 %
VS
Win Rate
48.7 %
Alistar Image
8.5
< Kills >
8.5
6.5
< Deaths >
6.7
5.7
< Assists >
5.9
1.97
< Killing Sprees >
1.95
156
< Minions Killed >
152
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.36
22,938
< Physical Damage >
22,775
78
< Magic Damage >
99
1,198
< True Damage >
1,250
24,215
< Damage Dealt >
24,125
25,308
< Damage Taken >
25,774
12,561
< Gold Earned >
12,636
1.67
< Towers >
1.56
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,976
< Total Healing >
6,312
13,878
< Experience >
14,133
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
8
58
< Time Dealing CC >
60

How to Play with Alistar as Naafiri in LoL

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

Overall, Naafiri sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Alistar. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Alistar helps Naafiri perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Naafiri tries to synergize with Alistar, they gets a marginal improvement in their full damage dealt. This change may signal that Alistar helps provide cover for them to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Naafiri is played with Alistar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Alistar.

Additionally, when Naafiri plays with Alistar on the same side, they often takes a little less damage than when they plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Alistar does a decent job of protecting Naafiri in teamfights.

Synergies between Naafiri and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Naafiri
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Naafiri
Alistar

Is Naafiri better when played alongside Alistar?

There is no ideal companion for Naafiri that will no matter what be their top ally. Yet, Alistar is a good teammate for Naafiri. By playing on the same side as Naafiri, he improves their win rate by 1.1% to 51.3%. This shows that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Naafiri and Alistar that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.

Alistar has a much greater difficulty compared to Naafiri. That means you need to be cautious when arranging Alistar teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to play well with you.

Playing together, Naafiri players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

In contrast, by grouping Naafiri and Alistar together, you may not be granting your other teammates enough magical damage output. Make sure to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Alistar teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Naafiri Players

How We Calculated Our Naafiri Alistar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Naafiri and Alistar, we analyzed 791 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 Naafiri 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri to synergize with Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to prioritize in your Naafiri and Alistar synergy build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they performed significantly better when fighting alongside Alistar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 51.3% when playing alongside Alistar with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Naafiri and Alistar pairings, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.3% win rate overall.

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