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How to Synergize Nilah and Alistar

based on 1,034 Nilah with Alistar pairs
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
1.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull data from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each week. Nilah has been on the same team as Alistar in 1034 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much complete data straight from the makers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can showcase high-quality, accurate builds to help Nilah play with Alistar. It is relatively rare for Nilah to play with Alistar as allies. This pairing has only happened in approx. 1.7% of rounds with Nilah.

Nilah Alistar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nilah does a below average job of teaming up with Alistar. Typically, they wins an acceptable 49.0% of matches the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to maximize your potential as Nilah when playing alongside Alistar by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nilah vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
Lord Dominik's RegardsImmortal ShieldbowNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

BloodthirsterThe CollectorInfinity EdgeStormrazor

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nilah's passive ability p
Nilah's q ability q
Nilah's w ability w
Nilah's e ability e
Nilah's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Nilah and Alistar

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.

Nilah Alistar Synergy Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
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7.9
< Kills >
7.8
6.7
< Deaths >
6.7
5.5
< Assists >
6.1
1.79
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
172
< Minions Killed >
169
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.55
18,609
< Physical Damage >
18,142
100
< Magic Damage >
174
396
< True Damage >
412
19,105
< Damage Dealt >
18,728
24,436
< Damage Taken >
24,186
12,613
< Gold Earned >
12,632
2.53
< Towers >
2.59
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
8,611
< Total Healing >
8,612
13,084
< Experience >
13,231
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
89
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Play with Alistar as Nilah in LoL

The Nilah 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, Nilah sees a large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Alistar. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Alistar helps Nilah perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Nilah is paired with Alistar, they observes a marginal improvement in their full damage output. This could signal that Alistar supports by providing protection for them to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Nilah is played together with Alistar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Alistar.

Moreover, when Nilah plays with Alistar on the same team, they on average takes a little more damage than when they plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Alistar does a poor job of protecting Nilah during teamfights.

Synergies between Nilah and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nilah
Alistar

Is Nilah better when played alongside Alistar?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Nilah that will no matter what be their best teammate. However, overall, Alistar is a terrible ally for Nilah. By being on the same side as Nilah, he lowers their win rate by -3.1% to 49.0%. This signals that there is a terrible bond between Nilah and Alistar that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Alistar has a much lower diffuclty than Nilah. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Alistar teammates to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.

When playing on the same side, Nilah players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Although, by bringing Nilah and Alistar together, you probably will not be giving your team enough AP. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Alistar ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah Alistar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nilah and Alistar, we analyzed 1,034 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 Nilah 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 Nilah in order to synergize with Alistar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal items to build first in your Nilah and Alistar synergy build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Nilah included at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better when paired up with Alistar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nilah boasted an average win rate of 49.0% helping carry Alistar with these items in their kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.

If you would like to get Nilah with Alistar collaboration tips and builds for a a distinct rank, please choose one from the selection menu above. By default, the statistics and guides shown are computed using all games run with both champs.