Zilean with Alistar
How to Synergize Zilean and Alistar
based on 125 Zilean with Alistar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zilean Alistar Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Alistar
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Alistar
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean Alistar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Alistar as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean 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, Zilean sees a very large drop 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 Zilean perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean plays on the same team as Alistar, he observes a noticable increase in his complete damage output. This change could signal that Alistar supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played with Alistar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Alistar.
Additionally, when Zilean plays with Alistar on the same side, he typically receives less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Alistar does a decent job of covering Zilean in team fights.
Synergies between Zilean and Alistar
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Alistar?
There is no ideal synergy for Zilean that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Alistar is a pretty good teammate for Zilean. By being on the same team as Zilean, he improves their win rate by 2.9% to 53.6%. This signals that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Zilean and Alistar that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Alistar has a greater difficulty than Zilean. That means Zilean players need to be very careful when arranging Alistar allies to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to support your allies. Combined, these champions will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by pairing Zilean and Alistar together, you probably will not be providing your team a great deal of sustained damage output. We recommend you have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Alistar teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Zilean in order to synergize with Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to have in your Zilean and Alistar synergy build include Redemption, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Zilean included at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Alistar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Zilean had an average win rate of 53.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Alistar with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Alistar with Zilean are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.