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Alistar Support build & stats

TankSupport B 1,423 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
50.8%
Pick rate
5.3%
Ban rate
1.7%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Solid sample

Start with

Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
50.0% 4 games

Finish these three

Zeke's Convergence
Zeke's Convergence
2,200 gold
Knight's Vow
Knight's Vow
2,300 gold
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari
2,200 gold
6,700 gold
50.0% WR 12 games

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
900 gold
53.2% 62 games

Runes

Inspiration Inspiration + Sorcery Sorcery
66.1% WR
56 games · 4% pick
Unsealed Spellbook
Unsealed Spellbook

Swap Summoner Spells while out of combat. Swapping to unique Summoner Spells will increase the rate at which you can make future swaps.

Inspiration Inspiration
Glacial Augment Unsealed Spellbook First Strike
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Heal
53.1% 288 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Alistar

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Alistar wins 50.8% of games as Support on patch 16.18 (1,423 games).
  • Most common core: Zeke's Convergence → Knight's Vow → Locket of the Iron Solari — 59% win rate over 63 games.
  • Take Aftershock as keystone: picked in 64% of games with a 50% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Soraka (79% over 19 games). Hardest: Janna (18% over 22 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Zeke's Convergence
Zeke's Convergence
Knight's Vow
Knight's Vow
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari
50.0% WR
12 games · 1% pick
Protoplasm Harness
Protoplasm Harness
Zeke's Convergence
Zeke's Convergence
Knight's Vow
Knight's Vow
66.7% WR
6 games · 0% pick
Protoplasm Harness
Protoplasm Harness
Zeke's Convergence
Zeke's Convergence
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari
50.0% WR
6 games · 0% pick

Starting items

Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
50.0% WR
4 games · 0% pick

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
52.3% WR
262 games · 18% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
53.2% WR
62 games · 4% pick
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
52.5% WR
61 games · 4% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
66.7% 1% (9)
66.7% 0% (6)
61.5% 1% (13)
56.7% 13% (187)
55.6% 1% (9)
55.6% 1% (9)
54.5% 9% (121)
54.1% 18% (259)
50.9% 4% (53)
50.0% 0% (6)
48.9% 3% (45)
45.5% 1% (11)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Inspiration Inspiration + Sorcery Sorcery
66.1% WR
56 games · 4% pick
Unsealed Spellbook
Unsealed Spellbook

Swap Summoner Spells while out of combat. Swapping to unique Summoner Spells will increase the rate at which you can make future swaps.

Inspiration Inspiration
Glacial Augment Unsealed Spellbook First Strike
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Resolve Resolve + Inspiration Inspiration
46.3% WR
54 games · 4% pick
Aftershock Font of Life Bone Plating Unflinching Cosmic Insight Hextech Flashtraption
Resolve Resolve + Inspiration Inspiration
45.8% WR
24 games · 2% pick
Aftershock Font of Life Bone Plating Unflinching Cosmic Insight Hextech Flashtraption

Keystones

  • Aftershock Aftershock After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you. 49.0%18% pick
  • Unsealed Spellbook Unsealed Spellbook Swap Summoner Spells while out of combat. Swapping to unique Summoner Spells will increase the rate at which you can make future swaps. 62.2%6% pick
  • Glacial Augment Glacial Augment Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies. 41.3%4% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 47.6%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 53.1%20% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 47.2%8% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 41.2%2% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PTriumphant Roar

    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.

  • QPulverize

    Alistar smashes the ground, dealing damage to nearby enemies and tossing them into the air.

  • WHeadbutt

    Alistar rams a target with his head, dealing damage and knocking the target back.

  • ETrample

    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 stun...

  • RUnbreakable Will

    Alistar lets out a wild roar, removing all crowd control effects on himself, and reducing incoming physical and magical damage for the duration.