Alistar Build Guide - Runes, Items, and Stats Patch 26.5 - Blitz.gg

Tier

Win Rate

Win Rate Change

Pick rate

Ban rate

Matches

Playstyle Builds

Pro Builds

Patch: 26.5

Runes

Summon Aery

Arcane Comet

Phase Rush

Summoner Spells

Items

Starting Items

Build Order

Completed Items

Situational Items

Ability Max Order

67%

3 games

Q

W

E

1

W

2

Q

3

E

4

Q

5

Q

6

R

7

Q

8

W

9

Q

10

W

11

R

12

W

13

W

14

E

15

E

16

R

17

E

18

E

Damage Breakdown

14%

77%

8%

Key Insights

On cast,
R
cleanses Alistar of ALL crowd control.
E
will only stack if an enemy champion is being damaged by it.
P
's heal is doubled for nearby allied champions.
Q
can be used during
W
to cancel its knockback and instead knock up the enemies in the AoE.

Strengths

Excels at roaming with his CC tools as well as turret diving and frontlining with
R
.
Has a very strong level 2/3 with
W
+
Q
.
W
can be used into a thick wall to hold a target in place rather than knock them back, allowing Alistar to extend his CC chain.
Strong with items boosting durability and support utility.

Weaknesses

Q
and
W
both have a 14 second cooldown at rank 1. Once used, he can be punished.
W
+
Q
combo can be dodged with mobility spells.
Very weak at level 1 since he only has access to either
Q
or
W
when his combo needs both, and can be heavily punished during this time.

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