This build guide for Alistar is for support and is by Aphromoo, a platinum rated player on League of Legends. Alistar is a tanky support champion. With multiple crowd control effects, heals, and toughness Alistar can be a valuable addition to any team.
Exhausts target enemy champion, reducing their movement speed and damage dealt by 30% for 2.5 seconds and reducing their attack speed by 50% for the duration.
Exhaust
Flash
Teleports your Champion to target nearby location under your mouse cursor.
Flash
Skill Order
Pulverize
Pulverize
Alistar smashes the ground, dealing 60/105/150/195/240 (+0.5*AP) magic damage and tossing all nearby enemy units into the air, stunning them for 1.5 seconds.
Cost
70/80/90/100/110 Mana
Range
365
Cooldown
17/16/15/14/13 Seconds
Pulverize
Alistar smashes the ground, dealing 60 (+0.5*AP) magic damage and tossing all nearby enemy units into the air, stunning them for 1.5 seconds.
Pulverize
Alistar smashes the ground, dealing 105 (+0.5*AP) magic damage and tossing all nearby enemy units into the air, stunning them for 1.5 seconds.
Pulverize
Alistar smashes the ground, dealing 150 (+0.5*AP) magic damage and tossing all nearby enemy units into the air, stunning them for 1.5 seconds.
Pulverize
Alistar smashes the ground, dealing 195 (+0.5*AP) magic damage and tossing all nearby enemy units into the air, stunning them for 1.5 seconds.
Pulverize
Alistar smashes the ground, dealing 240 (+0.5*AP) magic damage and tossing all nearby enemy units into the air, stunning them for 1.5 seconds.
Headbutt
Headbutt
Alistar charges at an enemy and rams them, dealing 55/110/165/220/275 (+0.7*AP) magic damage and stunning them while knocking them back.
Cost
70/80/90/100/110 Mana
Range
0
Cooldown
14/13/12/11/10 Seconds
Headbutt
Alistar charges at an enemy and rams them, dealing 55 (+0.7*AP) magic damage and stunning them while knocking them back.
Headbutt
Alistar charges at an enemy and rams them, dealing 110 (+0.7*AP) magic damage and stunning them while knocking them back.
Headbutt
Alistar charges at an enemy and rams them, dealing 165 (+0.7*AP) magic damage and stunning them while knocking them back.
Headbutt
Alistar charges at an enemy and rams them, dealing 220 (+0.7*AP) magic damage and stunning them while knocking them back.
Headbutt
Alistar charges at an enemy and rams them, dealing 275 (+0.7*AP) magic damage and stunning them while knocking them back.
Triumphant Roar
Triumphant Roar
Restores 60/90/120/150/180 (+0.2*AP) health to Alistar and half as much to nearby allies. Cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds each time a nearby enemy unit dies.
Cost
40/50/60/70/80 Mana
Range
575
Cooldown
12/12/12/12/12 Seconds
Triumphant Roar
Restores 60 (+0.2*AP) health to Alistar and half as much to nearby allies. Cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds each time a nearby enemy unit dies.
Triumphant Roar
Restores 90 (+0.2*AP) health to Alistar and half as much to nearby allies. Cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds each time a nearby enemy unit dies.
Triumphant Roar
Restores 120 (+0.2*AP) health to Alistar and half as much to nearby allies. Cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds each time a nearby enemy unit dies.
Triumphant Roar
Restores 150 (+0.2*AP) health to Alistar and half as much to nearby allies. Cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds each time a nearby enemy unit dies.
Triumphant Roar
Restores 180 (+0.2*AP) health to Alistar and half as much to nearby allies. Cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds each time a nearby enemy unit dies.
Unbreakable Will
Unbreakable Will
Removes disables from Alistar, and Alistar gains 60/75/90 Attack Damage and takes 50/60/70% reduced physical and magic damage for 7 seconds.
Cost
100/100/100 Mana
Range
0
Cooldown
120/100/80 Seconds
Unbreakable Will
Removes disables from Alistar, and Alistar gains 60 Attack Damage and takes 50% reduced physical and magic damage for 7 seconds.
Unbreakable Will
Removes disables from Alistar, and Alistar gains 75 Attack Damage and takes 60% reduced physical and magic damage for 7 seconds.
Unbreakable Will
Removes disables from Alistar, and Alistar gains 90 Attack Damage and takes 70% reduced physical and magic damage for 7 seconds.
Q
Pulverize
Alistar smashes the ground, dealing 60 (+0.5*AP) magic damage and tossing all nearby enemy units into the air, stunning them for 1.5 seconds.
E
Triumphant Roar
Restores 60 (+0.2*AP) health to Alistar and half as much to nearby allies. Cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds each time a nearby enemy unit dies.
W
Headbutt
Alistar charges at an enemy and rams them, dealing 55 (+0.7*AP) magic damage and stunning them while knocking them back.
E
Triumphant Roar
Restores 90 (+0.2*AP) health to Alistar and half as much to nearby allies. Cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds each time a nearby enemy unit dies.
E
Triumphant Roar
Restores 120 (+0.2*AP) health to Alistar and half as much to nearby allies. Cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds each time a nearby enemy unit dies.
R
Unbreakable Will
Removes disables from Alistar, and Alistar gains 60 Attack Damage and takes 50% reduced physical and magic damage for 7 seconds.
E
Triumphant Roar
Restores 150 (+0.2*AP) health to Alistar and half as much to nearby allies. Cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds each time a nearby enemy unit dies.
Q
Pulverize
Alistar smashes the ground, dealing 105 (+0.5*AP) magic damage and tossing all nearby enemy units into the air, stunning them for 1.5 seconds.
E
Triumphant Roar
Restores 180 (+0.2*AP) health to Alistar and half as much to nearby allies. Cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds each time a nearby enemy unit dies.
Q
Pulverize
Alistar smashes the ground, dealing 150 (+0.5*AP) magic damage and tossing all nearby enemy units into the air, stunning them for 1.5 seconds.
R
Unbreakable Will
Removes disables from Alistar, and Alistar gains 75 Attack Damage and takes 60% reduced physical and magic damage for 7 seconds.
Q
Pulverize
Alistar smashes the ground, dealing 195 (+0.5*AP) magic damage and tossing all nearby enemy units into the air, stunning them for 1.5 seconds.
W
Headbutt
Alistar charges at an enemy and rams them, dealing 110 (+0.7*AP) magic damage and stunning them while knocking them back.
Q
Pulverize
Alistar smashes the ground, dealing 240 (+0.5*AP) magic damage and tossing all nearby enemy units into the air, stunning them for 1.5 seconds.
W
Headbutt
Alistar charges at an enemy and rams them, dealing 165 (+0.7*AP) magic damage and stunning them while knocking them back.
R
Unbreakable Will
Removes disables from Alistar, and Alistar gains 90 Attack Damage and takes 70% reduced physical and magic damage for 7 seconds.
W
Headbutt
Alistar charges at an enemy and rams them, dealing 220 (+0.7*AP) magic damage and stunning them while knocking them back.
W
Headbutt
Alistar charges at an enemy and rams them, dealing 275 (+0.7*AP) magic damage and stunning them while knocking them back.
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Items
Early Game Items
Health Potion
Sight Ward
x2
Vision Ward
x2
Sight Ward
End Game Build
Boots of Mobility
Locket of the Iron Solari
Ruby Sightstone
Mikael's Crucible
Shurelya's Reverie
Enchantment: Alacrity
Pro Commentary
Pros and Cons
Pros
Lots of crowd control.
AoE heal that can be spammed.
Great initiation with W + Q combos.
Great ability to peel for allies with Q and W.
Naturally tanky with his R which allows him to dive and tank towers easily.
Cons
Hard to get correct positioning for abilities.
W + Q Combos are a vital part of playing him and can be messed up easily which leaves you high and dry.
Will take a lot of damage in team fights so knowing when to use your ultimate is key.
A problem with that, is that you'll make Q cost significantly more mana, which can be troublesome. I believe that's the main counter-argument with that idea.
You can get 10% CDr with new masteries and alistar rly benefits from that! If i die with Alistar, its often because im on CD, i play him for 2 years.
9 Points in Defense of course are superb, but you can also get a lot of sustain by taking BOTH HP/regen masteries, and because i often play 21 Armor Runes(red+yellow) and exhaust, my masteries are 5/3/21 The main supporter of TSM often played 1/3/26 Alistar before S3. it is worth a thought. Edit: i totally agree with new items listened above, if your game is going bad, legion/runic bulkwark is a good idea.
Last edited by NiGGlDa0ne on 12/16/2012 5:44:45 PM
I've found that Ashe works both as a Counter and a great synergy for Ali. Her slow can make it a huge pain to close on the enemy when she's against you, but when she's on your side it can make chasing a low health champ much easier for a Pulv/HB easy kill.
I would assume this works for most folks with slows (like Nunu or, of course, Janna) but I find Ashe to be the worst/best with her easily sustained slow without the need for Red Buff or Phage/FM.
I think these counters and synergies are aimed mostly at the laning phase, wherein Vayne isn't THAT much of a threat to Ali, as long as his positioning is solid.
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Pulverize
Headbutt
Triumphant Roar
Unbreakable Will
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Posted 1/3/2013 1:37:39 PMregarding the skill points.
taking 4 points into q so it has the same cd as w seems quite a good ideea
what do you think?
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Posted 3/10/2013 10:06:10 AMA problem with that, is that you'll make Q cost significantly more mana, which can be troublesome. I believe that's the main counter-argument with that idea.
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Posted 12/16/2012 5:40:27 PMYou can get 10% CDr with new masteries and alistar rly benefits from that!
If i die with Alistar, its often because im on CD, i play him for 2 years.
9 Points in Defense of course are superb,
but you can also get a lot of sustain by taking BOTH HP/regen masteries,
and because i often play 21 Armor Runes(red+yellow) and exhaust, my masteries are
5/3/21
The main supporter of TSM often played 1/3/26 Alistar before S3.
it is worth a thought.
Edit: i totally agree with new items listened above, if your game is going bad, legion/runic bulkwark is a good idea.
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Posted 4/3/2013 11:10:20 PMPersonally I find Alistar takes a lot of damage to initiate and protect the carry early on. I use 1/13/16 most times.
I take something similar to what is listed above if I think the lane will be more passive.
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Posted 9/15/2012 2:17:08 AMyou should add that the very rare support morgana is tough to match up with as she can black shield herself or the adc to keep his cc at bay
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Posted 12/16/2012 5:46:03 PMIf morg isnt banned, you should take her mid, support morg isnt bad, but this only happens in low elo games.
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Posted 8/17/2012 6:54:27 AMGreat guide! +1
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Posted 7/28/2012 3:31:46 PMI've found that Ashe works both as a Counter and a great synergy for Ali. Her slow can make it a huge pain to close on the enemy when she's against you, but when she's on your side it can make chasing a low health champ much easier for a Pulv/HB easy kill.
I would assume this works for most folks with slows (like Nunu or, of course, Janna) but I find Ashe to be the worst/best with her easily sustained slow without the need for Red Buff or Phage/FM.
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Posted 7/29/2012 1:04:00 PMVayne is best synergy for alistar in bot lane
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Posted 7/14/2012 6:31:01 AMI feel like Vayne should be listed as a counterpick - i've seen many alis getting screwed during his ultimate because of true damage.
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Posted 12/6/2012 9:11:42 AMI think these counters and synergies are aimed mostly at the laning phase, wherein Vayne isn't THAT much of a threat to Ali, as long as his positioning is solid.
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Posted 7/3/2012 4:21:26 PMThe counterpicks are listed because they can screw Ali's W->Q combo?
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Posted 7/1/2012 5:14:44 AMAWESOME GUIDE, WE JUST WON 5 V 4 :D MY SCORE WAS 5-2-32 BUT INSTEAD OF TAKING AEGIS BECAUSE OUR JUNGLE ALREADY HAD ONE I TOOK A SHOULD SHROUD. REALLY NICE :D
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Posted 7/1/2012 5:15:19 AM2-5-32*
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Posted 6/26/2012 4:00:25 PMI'd love to see a Jungle Alistar Guide. This is also a very nice one.
I use 3x Avarice Quints
8x Avarice Seals
1x Armor Seal
This makes it 5.0gold/5sec instead of 5.25gold/5sec. So I think the 1 avarice seal isn't needed.