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.
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
The Alistar Zyra synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zyra, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Alistar sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Zyra. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Zyra helps Alistar perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Alistar is an ally to Zyra, he gets a very large increase in his total damage dealt. This may indicate that Zyra provides cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Alistar is played together with Zyra 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 alongside Zyra.
Moreover, when Alistar plays with Zyra on the same side, he usually receives much more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Zyra does a poor job of protecting Alistar during team fights.
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Alistar that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. However, Zyra is a very bad ally for Alistar. By being on the same side as Alistar, she decreases their win rate by -9.4% to 40.0%. This shows that there is a very bad strategic relationship between Alistar and Zyra that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Zyra has a lower difficulty than Alistar. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Zyra allies to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, Alistar players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by pairing Alistar and Zyra together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Zyra teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
To truly master Alistar to work well with Zyra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Alistar and Zyra synergy build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Frozen Heart. When Alistar incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Zyra than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Alistar boasted an average win rate of 40.0% when playing alongside Zyra with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Alistar and Zyra pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 40.0% win rate overall.
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