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Runes:
Resolve
Inspiration
+8 Ability Haste
+6 Armor
+6 Armor
Spells:
Flash
Ignite
Items
Ability Order
Triumphant Roar (PASSIVE)
Alistar Passive Ability
Champion Build Guide
Pros & Cons
Pros |
• Amazing CC
• Great burst damage
• Very tanky
• Good sustain
• Ultimate gives him unparalleled tower diving abilities
Cons |
• Melee champion
• Heal affects whole minion wave, which makes it push
• Combo is hit or miss
• Long cooldowns
• Consume lot of mana
• Headbutt can potentially save enemies
• No Escape skills except Flash
Runes
RESOLVE |
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Inspiration |
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Summoner Spells
Flash : like every other champion does. It’s particularly important and your life depend more on It, its the most important summoner spell which is an indispensable, you cannot not take it, you can use it to save your life, Dodge a spell cast or to protect someone on receiving damage that could kill him or to get closer to shield/heal him also to engage a fight.
Exhaust : is used against the player that deal huge damage most are adc to slow their attack speed, attack damage and movement speed.
Ignite as your second spell if you think you can win your lane. This is for example if you’re against an enemy support who cannot all-in you easily like Tahm Kench or Soraka and whom you can out trade, or even if you’re just against an inexperienced player or expect a lot of ganks. In these scenarios, Ignite is a good option to increase your kill potential.
Exhaust : is used against the player that deal huge damage most are adc to slow their attack speed, attack damage and movement speed.
Ignite as your second spell if you think you can win your lane. This is for example if you’re against an enemy support who cannot all-in you easily like Tahm Kench or Soraka and whom you can out trade, or even if you’re just against an inexperienced player or expect a lot of ganks. In these scenarios, Ignite is a good option to increase your kill potential.
Abilities
ABILITY SEQUENCE |
1 W |
2 Q |
3 E |
4 Q |
5 Q |
6 Ulti |
7 Q |
8 Q |
9 W |
10 W |
11 Ulti |
12 W |
13 W |
14 E |
15 E |
16 Ulti |
17 E |
18 E |
Triumphant Roar
(Passive): The passive gives Alistar and his ADC a bit of, admittedly, unreliable healing in lane whenever he hard-CCs an enemy or a nearby unit dies. It can help keep you sustained in lane. |
Pulverize
(Discription:) This is your bread and butter ability – an AoE knock-up. Works great for both engage and peel. |
Headbutt
Trample
Unbreakable Will
Combos
ABILITY SEQUENCE |
1 W |
2 Q |
3 E |
4 Q |
5 Q |
6 Ulti |
7 Q |
8 Q |
9 W |
10 W |
11 Ulti |
12 W |
13 W |
14 E |
15 E |
16 Ulti |
17 E |
18 E |
Triumphant Roar
(Passive): The passive gives Alistar and his ADC a bit of, admittedly, unreliable healing in lane whenever he hard-CCs an enemy or a nearby unit dies. It can help keep you sustained in lane. |
Pulverize
(Discription:) This is your bread and butter ability – an AoE knock-up. Works great for both engage and peel. |
Headbutt
Trample
Unbreakable Will
Items Set
Mobility Boots : outright, if you have 900 gold. This will make it easier for you to roam and generally make you very intimidating in lane. If you couldn’t accumulate that much. |
Redemption : is a staple support item that works well in pretty much every game, even if the stats don’t complement Alistar all too well. |
Playing & Tricks
Laning Phase |
If you want to play Alistar you should ban Morgana, Tahm Kench and Gragas.
Alistar is just kind of useless before Level 3.
Alistar can have a tough time in lane depending on what sort of enemy bot lane you are facing.
As a melee tank, he doesn’t have any way of reciprocating or denying poke from the enemy support if they are ranged.
This means you will have to be very careful and hang around the brush if you want to stay healthy.
If you get poked down too hard, you won’t be able to engage without putting yourself at risk.
Another thing that counters Alistar is good peel.
Alistar is excellent against immobile ADCs like Draven or Jinx, as they would need to burn Flash and rely on their support in order to survive your engages. But if they have a support who has strong disengage, that puts a big dent in your plans.
As a support with powerful all-in, Alistar is best when paired with a burst ADC who can take full advantage of all the CC.
Starting from level two, when you have both Headbutt and Pulverize, Alistar can potentially all-in the enemy ADC/support if they are caught in his range.
But prior to getting your full arsenal, you will just need to lay low and survive.
Roaming |
In a lot of games, Alistar can be a potent roamer.
you can start roaming right at level three, provided you have your Mobility Boots and a gankable enemy mid laner.
If they have someone like Fizz or LeBlanc, someone very slippery, then there is probably no use in going.
But against someone like Syndra or Orianna, especially if they are pushed towards your ally tower, Alistar’s ganks can be very deadly.
If possible, try to coordinate your roaming with your jungler, so that you can both show up at the same time and thus secure a kill for sure.
Team Fights |
Alistar can fulfil many roles in a teamfight and which one you tackle depends largely on both your team and the enemy one.
Primarily, you will want to keep an eye out for your ADC.
If they are fed, they will be sought out by virtually every member of the enemy team – especially if the enemy has assassins.
Luckily, Alistar is a terrific peeler.
Stick close to your ADC and make sure nobody can kill him without going through you first.
If your ADC is not in particular danger, you can instead focus on picking out enemy champions with your W Q combo and tanking with your ultimate.
It is also possible for Alistar to be the primary engager, if your team has no other.
In short, Alistar can do anything.
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