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Alistar

Alistar Support

the Minotaur
Win Rate: All Roles 48.6% | as Support 48.9%
Pick Rate: All Roles 4.2% | as Support 4.1%
Ban Rate: 1.7%
Analyzed: 33879 ranked matches
League: Platinum+
Patch: 15.24 (25.24)
Support ARAM

Alistar Support Guide

B Tier

Alistar is off-meta in Support with a 48.9% win rate (#42 among Support champions), compared to 48.6% win rate across all roles. Challenging pick that needs skill to work. Alistar appeals only to mains with 4.2% overall pick rate and 4.1% usage in Support in Plat+ on patch 15.24 (25.24)**Data may mix with previous patch on the first day of patch release, based on 33879 ranked games. This champion is mainly played in this role - 97.7% of games. Standard build starts with Boots of Swiftness, into Locket of the Iron Solari, Redemption, and Knight's Vow. Alistar has average vision control - 0.95 wards/min (#12 among supports). Averages 2.4 KDA (#26 among Support champions). Has a 1.7% ban rate (118th place). Alistar deals mostly magic damage, ideal for teams lacking AP threats. Most used runes for this build are Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, for Resolve primary and Hextech Flashtraption, Cosmic Insight, for Inspiration secondary. When playing, most players max abilities in Q > W > E order. Alistar Support is strong against Elise, Neeko, Mel, and weak against Zilean, Soraka, and Sona.

Alistar Roles

Alistar

  • Support
    (Support - 97.7%) 33113 games

ARAM Stats

  • ARAM
    Analyzed 8653 ARAM games

Alistar Support Stats

48.9%
Win Rate (Role)
97.7%
Support (Role Rate)
1.7%
Ban Rate
0.0000
Penta/Game
1.7
Kills/Game
6.8
Deaths/Game
14.9
Assists/Game
0.95
Wards/Min
0.88
CS/Min
280
Gold/Min

Damage Type

Physical: 13.2%
Magic: 72.4%
True: 14.36%

Overall Champion Matrix

Alistar Support Summoner Spells

Most Popular
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Ignite Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
48.8% Win Rate 64.4% Pick Rate21308 games

Highest Win Rate
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ghost
Ghost Gain Move Speed and ignore unit collision for the duration.
52.8% Win Rate 0.2% Pick Rate79 games

Alistar Support Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
World Atlas
World Atlas (400 gold)
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
48.1% Win Rate 80.5% Pick Rate26669 games
Popular Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
50.4% Win Rate 49.4% Pick Rate16368 games
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
47.5% Win Rate 16.7% Pick Rate5543 games
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
48.1% Win Rate 13.5% Pick Rate4460 games
Core Build
Kindlegem
Kindlegem (800 gold) 200 Health
10 Ability Haste
->
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari (2200 gold) 200 Health
25 Armor
25 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste
Devotion
Grant nearby allies a 200 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
Redemption
Redemption (2300 gold) 200 Health
15 Ability Haste
100% Base Mana Regen
10% Heal and Shield Power
Intervention
Restore 200 - 400 Health to allied champions and deal 10% max Health true damage to enemy champions after 2.5 seconds.
Knight's Vow
Knight's Vow (2300 gold) 200 Health
40 Armor
10 Ability Haste
100% Base Health Regen
Sacrifice
While near your Worthy ally, take 12% of the damage they receive and heal for 10% of the damage they deal to champions.Pledge (0s)
Designate an ally as Worthy.
60.6% Win Rate 6.6% Pick Rate2182 games
Final Build
Thornmail
Thornmail (2450 gold) 150 Health
75 Armor
Thorns
When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
51.6% Win Rate 8.0% Pick Rate2642 games

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Boots
Boots (300 gold) 25 Move Speed
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
49.0% Win Rate 0.3% Pick Rate86 games
Highest Winrate Boots
Symbiotic Soles
Symbiotic Soles (900 gold) 40 Move Speed
Voidborn
Gain Empowered Recall.
Symbiosis
After traveling 150000 units of distance, transform into Synchronized Souls.
51.8% Win Rate 6.2% Pick Rate2040 games
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
51.1% Win Rate 8.5% Pick Rate2828 games
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
50.4% Win Rate 49.4% Pick Rate16368 games
Core Build
Kindlegem
Kindlegem (800 gold) 200 Health
10 Ability Haste
->
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari (2200 gold) 200 Health
25 Armor
25 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste
Devotion
Grant nearby allies a 200 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
Zeke's Convergence
Zeke's Convergence (2200 gold) 300 Health
25 Armor
25 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste
Frostfire Tempest
Casting your Ultimate summons a storm around you for 5 seconds. The storm deals 30 magic damage per second to enemy champions and Slows them by 30%.
Redemption
Redemption (2300 gold) 200 Health
15 Ability Haste
100% Base Mana Regen
10% Heal and Shield Power
Intervention
Restore 200 - 400 Health to allied champions and deal 10% max Health true damage to enemy champions after 2.5 seconds.
66.2% Win Rate 3.0% Pick Rate1003 games
Final Build
Randuin's Omen
Randuin's Omen (2700 gold) 350 Health
75 Armor
Resilience
Receive 30% less damage from Critical Strikes.
Humility
Slow nearby enemies by 70% for 2 seconds.
60.4% Win Rate 5.8% Pick Rate1914 games
Other Items
Zeke's Convergence
Zeke's Convergence (2200 gold) 300 Health
25 Armor
25 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste
Frostfire Tempest
Casting your Ultimate summons a storm around you for 5 seconds. The storm deals 30 magic damage per second to enemy champions and Slows them by 30%.
57.9% Win Rate 7.3% Pick Rate2404 games
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Jak'Sho, The Protean (3200 gold) 350 Health
45 Armor
45 Magic Resist
Voidborn Resilience
After 5 seconds of champion combat, increase your bonus Armor and Magic Resist by 30% until end of combat.
52.3% Win Rate 5.8% Pick Rate1921 games
Randuin's Omen
Randuin's Omen (2700 gold) 350 Health
75 Armor
Resilience
Receive 30% less damage from Critical Strikes.
Humility
Slow nearby enemies by 70% for 2 seconds.
60.4% Win Rate 5.8% Pick Rate1914 games
Kaenic Rookern
Kaenic Rookern (2900 gold) 400 Health
80 Magic Resist
100% Base Health Regen
Magebane
After not taking magic damage for 15 seconds, gain a magic shield.
49.7% Win Rate 4.7% Pick Rate1553 games
Force of Nature
Force of Nature (2800 gold) 400 Health
55 Magic Resist
4% Move Speed
Steadfast
Gain 70 Magic Resist and 6% bonus Move Speed after taking magic damage from Champions 8 times.
32.8% Win Rate 3.5% Pick Rate1142 games
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart (2500 gold) 75 Armor
400 Mana
20 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress
Reduce the Attack Speed of nearby champions by 20%.
54.7% Win Rate 3.4% Pick Rate1136 games

Alistar Support Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Resolve
Aftershock
Aftershock

Aftershock

After immobilizing an enemy champion, increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 35 + 80% of…

Font of Life
Font of Life

Font of Life

Impairing the movement of an enemy champion restores @BaseHeal@ Health to you a…

Bone Plating
Bone Plating

Bone Plating

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

Unflinching
Unflinching

Unflinching

Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and fo…

Secondary Path
Inspiration
Hextech Flashtraption
Hextech Flashtraption

Hextech Flashtraption

While Flash is on cooldown it is replaced by Hexflash.Hexflash: Channel for 2s …

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Adaptive
Scaling Cooldown Reduction
Scaling Cooldown Reduction

Scaling Cooldown Reduction

+8 Ability Haste

Scaling Health
Scaling Health

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health
Scaling Health

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

47.9% Win Rate 50.9% Pick Rate16858 games

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Domination
Electrocute
Electrocute

Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities within 3s deals bonus adaptive da…

Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact

Sudden Impact

Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal a bonus 20 - 80 True Damage based on …

Grisly Mementos
Grisly Mementos

Grisly Mementos

Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.Gain 6 Trinket Haste fo…

Relentless Hunter
Relentless Hunter

Relentless Hunter

Gain 8 Move Speed out of combat per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks a…

Secondary Path
Inspiration
Hextech Flashtraption
Hextech Flashtraption

Hextech Flashtraption

While Flash is on cooldown it is replaced by Hexflash.Hexflash: Channel for 2s …

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Adaptive
Scaling Cooldown Reduction
Scaling Cooldown Reduction

Scaling Cooldown Reduction

+8 Ability Haste

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

+65 Health
+65 Health

+65 Health

+65 Health

51.2% Win Rate 1.5% Pick Rate503 games

Alistar best with

Singed Synergy Champion
+7.9%
Singed
Singed
Nilah Synergy Champion
+6.2%
Nilah
Nilah

Alistar Support Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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2
3
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8
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10
11
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Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
46.4% Win Rate 52.1% Pick Rate17245 games

Highest Win % Skill Order

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
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Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
53.7% Win Rate 0.6% Pick Rate209 games

Countered by Alistar

Elise - countered by Alistar
+5.4%
Elise
Elise
Neeko - countered by Alistar
+4.7%
Neeko
Neeko
Mel - countered by Alistar
+3.7%
Mel
Mel
Rell - countered by Alistar
+3.7%
Rell
Rell
Pantheon - countered by Alistar
+2.5%
Pantheon
Pantheon
Rakan - countered by Alistar
+2.5%
Rakan
Rakan
Nautilus - countered by Alistar
+1.8%
Nautilus
Nautilus
Renata Glasc - countered by Alistar
+1.8%
Renata Glasc
Renata Glasc
Lulu - countered by Alistar
+1.3%
Lulu
Lulu
Yuumi - countered by Alistar
+1.3%
Yuumi
Yuumi

Alistar Counterpicks

Zilean - effective counter against Alistar
-5.4%
Zilean
Zilean
Soraka - effective counter against Alistar
-5.4%
Soraka
Soraka
Sona - effective counter against Alistar
-4.8%
Sona
Sona
Morgana - effective counter against Alistar
-4.5%
Morgana
Morgana
Milio - effective counter against Alistar
-4.3%
Milio
Milio
Seraphine - effective counter against Alistar
-3.9%
Seraphine
Seraphine
Poppy - effective counter against Alistar
-3.7%
Poppy
Poppy
Janna - effective counter against Alistar
-3.6%
Janna
Janna
Brand - effective counter against Alistar
-3.5%
Brand
Brand
Shaco - effective counter against Alistar
-3.4%
Shaco
Shaco
Tahm Kench - effective counter against Alistar
-2.6%
Tahm Kench
Tahm Kench
Vel'Koz - effective counter against Alistar
-2.2%
Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz

Alistar Support Lane Matchups

Alistar
+4.7%
Neeko

Alistar vs Neeko
Alistar
+3.7%
Mel

Alistar vs Mel
Alistar
+3.7%
Rell

Alistar vs Rell
Alistar
+2.5%
Pantheon

Alistar vs Pantheon
Alistar
+2.5%
Rakan

Alistar vs Rakan
Alistar
+1.8%
Nautilus

Alistar vs Nautilus
Alistar
+1.3%
Lulu

Alistar vs Lulu
Alistar
+1.3%
Yuumi

Alistar vs Yuumi
Alistar
+0.7%
Leona

Alistar vs Leona
Alistar
-0.5%
Thresh

Alistar vs Thresh
Alistar
-1.1%
Fiddlesticks

Alistar vs Fiddlesticks
Alistar
-1.3%
Zyra

Alistar vs Zyra
Alistar
-1.4%
Braum

Alistar vs Braum
Alistar
-1.4%
Blitzcrank

Alistar vs Blitzcrank
Alistar
-1.4%
Bard

Alistar vs Bard
Alistar
-1.7%
Swain

Alistar vs Swain
Alistar
-2.0%
Lux

Alistar vs Lux
Alistar
-2.0%
Pyke

Alistar vs Pyke
Alistar
-2.2%
Senna

Alistar vs Senna
Alistar
-2.2%
Vel'Koz

Alistar vs Vel'Koz
Alistar
-2.6%
Tahm Kench

Alistar vs Tahm Kench
Alistar
-2.7%
Nami

Alistar vs Nami
Alistar
-3.1%
Karma

Alistar vs Karma
Alistar
-3.4%
Shaco

Alistar vs Shaco
Alistar
-3.5%
Xerath

Alistar vs Xerath
Alistar
-3.6%
Janna

Alistar vs Janna
Alistar
-3.7%
Poppy

Alistar vs Poppy
Alistar
-3.9%
Seraphine

Alistar vs Seraphine
Alistar
-4.3%
Milio

Alistar vs Milio
Alistar
-4.5%
Morgana

Alistar vs Morgana
Alistar
-4.8%
Sona

Alistar vs Sona
Alistar
-5.4%
Soraka

Alistar vs Soraka
Alistar
-5.4%
Zilean

Alistar vs Zilean

Alistar lore:

Always a mighty warrior with a fearsome reputation, Alistar seeks revenge for the death of his clan at the hands of the Noxian empire. Though he was enslaved and forced into the life of a gladiator, his unbreakable will was what kept him from truly becoming a beast. Now, free of the chains of his former masters, he fights in the name of the downtrodden and the disadvantaged, his rage as much a weapon as his horns, hooves and fists.

Alistar tips:

  • Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
  • Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
  • Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.

Playing Against Alistar

  • Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
  • Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
  • When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.

Alistar abilities description:

Triumphant Roar
P
Triumphant Roar (passive)
Alistar charges his roar by stunning or displacing enemy champions or when nearby enemies die. When fully charged he heals himself all nearby allied champions.
Pulverize
Q
Pulverize (Q)
Alistar smashes the ground, dealing damage to nearby enemies and tossing them into the air.
Headbutt
W
Headbutt (W)
Alistar rams a target with his head, dealing damage and knocking the target back.
Trample
E
Trample (E)
Alistar tramples nearby enemy units, ignoring unit collision and gaining stacks if he damages an enemy champion. At full stacks Alistar's next basic attack against an enemy champion deals additional magic damage and stuns them.
Unbreakable Will
R
Unbreakable Will (R)
Alistar lets out a wild roar, removing all crowd control effects on himself, and reducing incoming physical and magical damage for the duration.

Alistar Skins and Splash Arts

Default Alistar Default Alistar
Black Alistar Black Alistar
Golden Alistar Golden Alistar
Matador Alistar Matador Alistar
Longhorn Alistar Longhorn Alistar
Unchained Alistar Unchained Alistar
Infernal Alistar Infernal Alistar
Sweeper Alistar Sweeper Alistar
Marauder Alistar Marauder Alistar
SKT T1 Alistar SKT T1 Alistar
Moo Cow Alistar Moo Cow Alistar
Hextech Alistar Hextech Alistar
Conqueror Alistar Conqueror Alistar
Blackfrost Alistar Blackfrost Alistar
Lunar Beast Alistar Lunar Beast Alistar