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How to Synergize Veigar with Alistar on the Same TeamVeigar is in the b tier of champions

Veigar with Alistar

How to Win With Veigar and Alistar Paired TogetherVeigar is in the a tier of champions
Mage
TankSupport

How to Synergize Veigar and Alistar

based on 2,070 Veigar with Alistar pairs
Win Rate
49.4 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the results of from millions of LoL rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Veigar has gone into battle with Alistar in 2070 recent, competitive games. By accumulating so much relevant data directly from the makers of LoL, we feel confident that we can provide you with high quality, usable builds to help Veigar synergize with Alistar. It is relatively rare for Veigar to play with Alistar as allies. This pairing has only happened in approx. 1.5% of games with Veigar.

Veigar Alistar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Veigar has done a dismal job of teaming up with Alistar. Normally, he wins an acceptable 49.4% of rounds the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Veigar when fighting on the same team as Alistar by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Veigar vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Veigar Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassStormsurge

Optional Items

ShadowflameVoid StaffLuden's CompanionSeraph's Embrace

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Veigar to level upq
>
Second ability for Veigar to level upw
>
Last skill for Veigar to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Veigar's passive ability p
Veigar's q ability q
Veigar's w ability w
Veigar's e ability e
Veigar's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Veigar and Alistar

Tips for Playing as Veigar with Alistar

Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.

Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.

Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.

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.

Veigar Alistar Synergy Stats

Veigar Image
Win Rate
49.4 %
VS
Win Rate
50.6 %
Alistar Image
7.3
< Kills >
7
6.1
< Deaths >
6.3
6.3
< Assists >
6.3
1.68
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
177
< Minions Killed >
167
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.49
690
< Physical Damage >
662
23,094
< Magic Damage >
22,050
545
< True Damage >
588
24,330
< Damage Dealt >
23,300
19,093
< Damage Taken >
19,199
12,258
< Gold Earned >
12,112
2.11
< Towers >
2.02
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
1,762
< Total Healing >
1,904
14,375
< Experience >
14,485
18
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
11
88
< Time Dealing CC >
88

How to Play with Alistar as Veigar in LoL

The Veigar 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, Veigar sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Alistar. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Alistar helps Veigar perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Veigar plays on the same team as Alistar, he sees a small increase in his total damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Alistar helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Veigar is played alongside Alistar on the same team, 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 synergisticly with Alistar.

Additionally, when Veigar plays with Alistar on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Alistar does a decent job of covering Veigar during team fights.

Synergies between Veigar and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Veigar
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Veigar
Alistar

Is Veigar better when played alongside Alistar?

There is no perfect synergy for Veigar that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. However, Alistar is a very typical teammate for Veigar. By locking into the same side as Veigar, he raises their win rate by 0.1% to 49.4%. This shows that there is a weak synergy between Veigar and Alistar that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.

Alistar has a lower difficulty than Veigar. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Alistar comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to cooperate well with you.

When playing on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Conversely, by bringing Veigar and Alistar together, you will not be providing your other allies a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Alistar ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Veigar Players

How We Calculated Our Veigar Alistar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Veigar and Alistar, we analyzed 2,070 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 Veigar 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 Veigar in order to work well with Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to prioritize in your Veigar and Alistar synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Veigar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Alistar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Veigar had an average win rate of 49.4% helping carry Alistar with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, Veigar players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.4% win rate overall.

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