Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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.
The Vladimir 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, Vladimir sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Alistar. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Alistar helps Vladimir perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Vladimir is an ally to Alistar, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This could indicate that Alistar supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Vladimir is played alongside Alistar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Alistar.
Additionally, when Vladimir plays with Alistar on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Alistar does a decent job of covering Vladimir during team fights.
There is no one best companion for Vladimir that will always be his #1 ally. However, Alistar is a very typical ally for Vladimir. By playing on the same side as Vladimir, he increases their win rate by 0.9% to 50.9%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Vladimir and Alistar that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Alistar has a lower difficulty than Vladimir. That means Vladimir players don't need to be very careful when finding Alistar teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. When paired, these champs will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by pairing Vladimir and Alistar together, you will not be granting your other teammates very much AD. Make sure to include other champions on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Alistar ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Vladimir in order to work well with Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Vladimir and Alistar synergy build consist of Void Staff, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Vladimir included at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Alistar than with most other common builds. In fact, Vladimir boasted an average win rate of 50.9% when playing alongside Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, you should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.9% winrate overall.
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