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Alistar

TankSupport
Alistar is a tankRoletank
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeMid-Game
Triumphant Roar abilityp
Pulverize abilityq
Headbutt abilityw
Trample abilitye
Unbreakable Will abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
support

Alistar Build

based on 72,187 matches
Win Rate
50.8 %
Pick Rate
4.4 %
Ban Rate
1.3 %

How We Come Up with Our Alistar Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Alistar build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Alistar builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Alistar core items and runes for any situation.

Alistar Build Summary

Alistar is a a decent utility lane champ in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Inspiration Sorcery. Adding the specific runes shown below into your Alistar build will help provide you with the additional bonuses to help him play well through the laning phase of the game and into the late game. You should focus on leveling up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Alistar

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionRelic Shield

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalMobility Boots

Core Alistar Items

~22 Mins
Radiant VirtueZhonya's HourglassBulwark of the MountainMobility Boots

Optional Items

RedemptionDead Man's PlateFrozen HeartWarmog's Armor

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentHextech FlashtraptionMinion DematerializerCosmic Insight
SorceryNimbus CloakCelerity
Ability HasteArmorMagic Resist
Alistar's passive ability p
Alistar's q ability q
Alistar's w ability w
Alistar's e ability e
Alistar's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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W
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Alistar Matchups Overview

Alistar is Weak Against

JannaJanna47.1% winrateSwainSwain47.2% winrateZyraZyra48.2% winrateSennaSenna48.2% winrate

Alistar is Strong Against

YuumiYuumi57% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench54.1% winrateGalioGalio54% winrateBlitzcrankBlitzcrank53.9% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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More Gameplay Tips for Alistar Players

Tips and Tricks

Use Pulvarize to get better position for Headbutt.

Use Flash to knock an enemy back into your allies with Pulvarize and Headbutt.

It is important to get good boots with Alistar, his base move speed is low.

Alistar FAQs

Q: Why is Alistar so unkillable?

A: When Alistar ults, he gains a lot of damage resistance. Combined with the armor and MR he gets from his tanky Alistar build, and you get a champion that is practically unkillable for a short duration.

Q: What are Alistar's greatest strengths?

A: Alistar's Ultimate, which makes him nearly impervious to damage is his greatest strength. He is probably the tankiest champion in all of League of Legends. Beyond that, he also has very strong engage and disengage ability. Lastly, he can dash forward to interrupt enemies trying to cast. This is great against champions like Miss Fortune or Kat.

Q: What are Alistar's greatest weaknesses?

A: Probably Ali's greatest weaknesses are his high mana costs and long cooldowns. If you miss your knock-up combo, you're basically just a paperweight until they are up again.

Additional Alistar Build Insights

LoL Alistar players will find him to be a difficult character to build out properly. You'll notice that his build changes when he is fighting either generic or highly focused team compositions, indicating you shouldn't select the same Alistar build every single round of League of Legends

The most important items to include in your champ's build are: Radiant Virtue, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Bulwark of the Mountain. Those who included these items in their builds had a greater win rate than those who tried for other Alistar builds. Similarly, if you are trying to beat a varied enemy team arrangement, you should strongly consider getting yourself the Inspiration, and Sorcery runes. In recent matches, he won the largest number of his games when built with these runes.

We calculated our Alistar build guidance by analyzing 72,187 recently ranked League of Legends rounds with him in them. We only recommend the top winrate Alistar builds that were built by ranked LoL players enough times for us to reccomend them. With so many matches in our dataset, we are quite confident in our recommended builds.