Alistar

Alistar Build

the Minotaur

Role: Support Pick Rate: 4.1% Win Rate: 51.63%

Recommended Build

Summoner Spells

Flash Flash
Ignite Ignite

Skill Priority

Q W E

Items

Start
World Atlas
Health Potion
Core
Celestial Opposition Celestial Opposition
Boots of Swiftness Boots of Swiftness
Locket of the Iron Solari Locket of the Iron Solari
Late
Zeke's Convergence
Knight's Vow
Protoplasm Harness

Runes

Most Played
Resolve
Aftershock
Aftershock 70.2% · 50.9% WR
Font of Life
Font of Life 70.5% · 51% WR
Bone Plating
Bone Plating 62.9% · 50.8% WR
Unflinching
Unflinching 64.4% · 50.8% WR
Inspiration
Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight 22.2% · 50.5% WR
Hextech Flashtraption
Hextech Flashtraption 21.3% · 50.5% WR
Ability Haste
Ability Haste
Health Scaling
Health Scaling
Health Scaling
Health Scaling
Best WR
Resolve
Aftershock
Aftershock 70.2% · 50.9% WR
Font of Life
Font of Life 70.5% · 51% WR
Second Wind
Second Wind 6.2% · 51.3% WR
Overgrowth
Overgrowth 5.1% · 52.7% WR
Sorcery
Celerity
Celerity 0.2% · 41.8% WR
Waterwalking
Waterwalking 0.2% · 43.7% WR
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health
Health

Skill Order

Q
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
W
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
R
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Win Rate by Elo

Iron Iron 43.42%
Bronze Bronze 47.82%
Silver Silver 49.00%
Gold Gold 49.24%
Platinum Platinum 50.18%
Emerald Emerald 50.33%
Diamond Diamond 50.35%
Master Master 52.36%
Grandmaster Grandmaster 55.71%
Challenger Challenger 54.51%
All Elos All Elos 50.77%

Best Counters and Matchups for Alistar

See all counters for Alistar

Top 5 Counters Against Alistar

Janna
45.3% WR -2.3%
Senna
46.4% WR +0.0%
Zac
47.1% WR -0.4%
Taric
47.6% WR +1.2%
Poppy
47.6% WR +0.1%

Top 5 Best Matchups for Alistar

Mel
60.6% WR +5.1%
Yuumi
58.2% WR +7.1%
Anivia
57.6% WR +7.5%
Fiddlesticks
Fiddlesticks Matchup detail
57.2% WR +9.0%
Shen
56.9% WR +9.0%

Patch History

V14.16
  • Headbutt Bug Fix: No longer grants passive stacks from immobilizing effects that fail to apply to the target including when resisted by crowd control immunity.
V14.10
  • Headbutt Bug Fix: Hitbox is no longer extended when impacting an enemy at close range.
V14.9
  • Stats Selection radius reduced to 140 units from 145.
V13.7
  • Stats Base armor increased to 47 from 44. Base health increased 685 from 670.
V13.4
  • Triumphant Roar Ally heal increased to Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)7% of his maximum health from 6%.
  • Pulverize AP ratio increased to 80% AP from 70% AP.
  • Headbutt AP ratio increased to 100% AP from 90% AP.
V13.3
  • Triumphant Roar Self heal changed to Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)5% maximum health from 23 − 142 (based on level). Ally heal changed to Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)6% of Alistar's maximum health from 46 − 284 (based on level).
  • Pulverize Mana cost reduced to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 from 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75. AP ratio increased to 70% AP from 50% AP.
  • Headbutt Mana cost reduced to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 from 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85. AP ratio increased to 90% AP from 70% AP.
  • Trample Mana cost reduced to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 from 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90. AP ratio per tick increased to 7% AP from 4% AP. Maximum AP ratio increased to 70% AP from 40% AP.
V12.14
  • Pulverize Cooldown reduced to 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds from 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11. Mana cost reduced to 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 from 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85.
V12.10
  • Stats Base health increased to 670 from 600. Health growth increased to 120 from 106. Armor growth increased to 4.7 from 3.5. Magic resistance growth increased to 2.05 from 1.25.
  • Triumphant Roar Base heal reduced to 23 − 142 (based on level) from 25 − 161 (based on level). Ally heal reduced to 46 − 284 (based on level) from 50 − 362 (based on level).
V11.11
  • Pulverize Bug Fix: No longer grants a stack of Triumphant Roar when used on a spell-shielded target. The same issue is not yet fixed for Headbutt.
V11.8
  • Trample Bug Fix: Can now generate stacks against Morgana's Black Shield and Malzahar's Void Shift.
V11.7
  • Pulverize Base damage reduced to 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 from 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240.
  • Trample Bonus damage reduced to 20 − 275 (based on level) from 35 − 290 (based on level).
V11.1
  • Stats Base magic resistance reduced to 32 from 32.1.
V10.14
  • Pulverize Cooldown reduced to 15 / 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 seconds from 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 / 13.
V10.6
  • General Recommended items updated.
V10.5
  • Stats Base health increased to 600 from 575.
  • Triumphant Roar New Effect: Can now gain stacks while on cooldown.
V9.24b
  • Stats Base health increased to 575 from 573.36. Base attack damage increased to 62 from 61.1116. Attack damage growth increased to 3.75 from 3.62.
  • Triumphant Roar Self heal increased to 25 − 161 (based on level) from 20 − 139 (based on level). Allied champion heal increased to 50 − 322 (based on level) from 40 − 278 (based on level).
V9.14
  • Stats Base mana increased to 350 from 278.84. Mana growth increased to 40 from 38.
V9.6
  • Trample New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by DoT AoE abilities.
V9.1
  • Trample New Effect: Ability icon HUD now shows the remaining duration of the ability.
  • Unbreakable Will New Effect: Ability icon HUD now shows the remaining duration of the ability.
V8.24b
  • Trample Total base damage reduced to 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 from 100 / 125 / 150 / 175 / 200. Basic attack at 5 Trample stacks damage reduced to 35 − 290 (based on level) from 55 − 310 (based on level).
V8.24
  • Headbutt Bug Fix: Fixed a bug causing it to stun his target without displacing them if he cast recall in the middle of his W+Q combo to cancel the combo.
  • Headbutt New run animation during Trample.
V8.21
  • Stats Base health reduced to 573.36 from 613.36.
V8.11
  • Trample Undocumented: Now prematurely ends the trampling when triggering the stun.
V8.7
  • Hextech Alistar Triumphant Roar Bug Fix: The chain anchors in his recall animation no longer change positions if Triumphant Roar is triggered while recalling.
V8.5
  • Headbutt Bug Fix: Can now correctly queue up orders other than Pulverize during Headbutt.
V8.3
  • Stats Base health regeneration reduced to 8.5 from 8.678.
V8.2
  • Headbutt New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.
V7.22
  • Stats Base armor increased to 44 from 24.38.
V7.14
  • Unbreakable Will Damage reduction increased to 55 / 65 / 75% from 50 / 60 / 70%. New Effect: Now displays how much damage the ability is mitigating per damage instance. Visible only to Alistar and his attacker.
V7.13
  • General Basic attack and ability audio has been updated for all skins without skin-specific audio effects.
V7.7
  • Triumphant Roar New Effect: Now heals all nearby allied champions instead of only one.
  • Trample Cooldown reduced to 12 / 11.5 / 11 / 10.5 / 10 seconds from 16 / 15.5 / 15 / 14.5 / 14. On-hit damage at 5 Trample stacks increased to 55 − 310 (based on level) from 50 − 220 (based on level). Bug Fix: Minions affected by Trample now display the proper visual effects.
V7.6
  • SKT T1 Alistar General Bug Fix: Recall animation audio is no longer bullishly loud. Triumphant Roar Bug Fix: No longer slides around during animation.
V6.22
  • Triumphant Roar (new innate) New Effect: Alistar gains a stack of Triumph when he stuns or displaces enemy champions, or whenever a nearby enemy dies. At 7 stacks, Alistar roars, healing himself for 20 − 139 (based on level) and the nearest allied champion for 「 twice that amount 」「 40 − 278 (based on level) 」. Afterwards, Alistar cannot gain stacks again for 3 seconds. The death of enemy champions and epic monsters will grant full stacks.
  • Pulverize Removed: Stun for 0.5 seconds after the knock-up.
  • Trample (new E) New Active: Alistar tramples the ground for the next 5 seconds, ghosting him and dealing 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 17.5 / 20 (+ 4% AP) magic damage every half second to nearby enemies. Each pulse that damages at least one enemy champion grants Alistar a Trample stack. At 5 Trample stacks, Alistar empowers his next basic attack against an enemy champion to deal an additional 50 − 220 (based on level) bonus magic damage and stun them for 1 second. Cooldown: 16 / 15.5 / 15 / 14.5 / 14 seconds Mana cost: 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90
  • Unbreakable Will Removed: 50 / 75 / 90 bonus attack damage.
V6.10
  • Unbreakable Will Damage reduction reduced to 50 / 60 / 70% from 70% at all ranks
V6.7
  • General Splash artwork for Longhorn Alistar updated to the Chinese art.
V6.6
  • Triumphant Roar Healing to allies reduced to 33% from 50%. Ally heal reduced to 20.1 / 30.15 / 40.2 / 50.25 / 60.3 (+ 6.7% AP) from 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 (+ 10% AP).
V6.3
  • Pulverize New Effect: Goes immediately off upon Headbutt's arrival if cast during it.
  • Triumphant Roar Mana cost increased to 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 from 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80. Cooldown increased to 16 seconds from 12.
V5.22
  • Stats Base mana regen increased to 8.5 from 6.
V5.16
  • Stats Health growth increased to 106 from 102.
  • Headbutt Dash speed reduced to 1200 from 1500 (for a larger enemy reaction window and for more efficient chaining with Pulverize, particularly at high latency).
V5.1
  • Visual Update General New models and textures for all skins. New splash artwork for Original Alistar. Unbreakable Will New particle effects.
V4.15
  • Headbutt Removed: Alistar landing an extra basic attack on target while they are being displaced.
V4.12
  • Trample Removed: Double damage to monsters.
  • Pulverize Clarity: Now correctly matches its visuals by applying a 1 second knockup followed by a 0.5 seconds stun, rather than a 1.5 seconds knockup. Mana cost reduced to 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 from 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110.
  • Headbutt Mana cost reduced to 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 from 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110.
  • Unbreakable Will New Effect: Damage reduction now applies instantly, rather than after the spell animation. Damage reduction increased to 70% at all ranks from 50 / 60 / 70%.
V4.5
  • Stats Base armor increased to 18.5 from 14.5.
V1.0.0.154
  • Stats Movement speed increased to 330 from 325.
  • Headbutt Range increased to 650 from 600.
V1.0.0.152
  • Stats Movement speed increased to 325 from 300.
V1.0.0.146
  • Stats Base movement speed reduced to 300 from 305.
  • Headbutt Cast range reduced to 600 from 650.
V1.0.0.144 - August 7th Hotfix
  • Headbutt Base damage changed to 55 / 110 / 165 / 220 / 275 from 85 / 130 / 175 / 220 / 265.
V1.0.0.142
  • Trample Damage reduced to 7 − 24 (based on level) from 10 − 27 (based on level).
  • Triumphant Roar Mana cost increased to 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 from 28 / 41 / 54 / 67 / 80.
V1.0.0.141
  • General Splash artwork for Golden Alistar updated to the Chinese art.
V1.0.0.139
  • Stats Magic resist per level increased to 1.25 from 0.
V1.0.0.135
  • Trample Damage increased to 10 - 27 per second from 10 - 23.
  • Triumphant Roar Mana cost increased to 28 / 41 / 54 / 67 / 80 from 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80.
  • Unbreakable Will Mana cost reduced to 100 from 150.
V1.0.0.134
  • Pulverize Mana cost reduced to 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 from 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120.
  • Headbutt Mana cost reduced to 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 from 70 / 85 / 100 / 115 / 130.
  • Triumphant Roar Mana cost increased to 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 / 80 from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60.
V1.0.0.133
  • Triumphant Roar Bug Fix: Not granting assists.
V1.0.0.132
  • General Splash artwork for Original Alistar updated to the Chinese art.
V1.0.0.124
  • Unbreakable Will Physical and magic damage reduction reduced to 50 / 60 / 70% from 75% at all ranks. Duration changed to 7 seconds at all ranks from 6 / 7 / 8.
V1.0.0.121
  • Headbutt AP ratio reduced to 70% AP from 80% AP.
  • Pulverize AP ratio reduced to 50% AP from 60% AP.
  • Triumphant Roar Heal AP ratio reduced to 20% AP from 40% AP.
V1.0.0.118b
  • Stats Health per level reduced to 102 from 110.
  • Pulverize Ability power ratio reduced to (+ 60% AP) from (+ 80% AP). Reduced the chance of failed knockups near terrain.
  • Headbutt Base damage reduced to 85 / 130 / 175 / 220 / 265 from 85 / 135 / 185 / 235 / 285. AP ratio reduced to 80% AP from 100% AP.
V1.0.0.116
  • General Updated walking animation.
  • Stats Base health reduced to 442 from 468. Health per level reduced to 110 from 114. Base mana increased to 215 from 192. Mana per level increased to 38 from 33. Base attack damage reduced to 55.03 from 59.525. Attack damage per level increased to 3.62 from 3.375. Movement speed increased to 305 from 300.
  • Trample - New Innate Whenever Alistar casts a spell, he gains Trample for 3 seconds, ignoring unit collision and dealing 10 − 23 (based on level) + Damage to champions with Center of the Universe (P)(0.1 per ability power) area damage per second. It deals double damage to minions and monsters. Added new animations and particles for Trample. Colossal Strength - Old Innate Alistar deals 20 / 40 / 60 (based on level)% additional damage to turrets.
  • Pulverize Base damage reduced to 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240 from 80 / 125 / 170 / 220 / 270. AP ratio reduced to 80% AP) from 100% AP. Cooldown changed to 17 / 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 seconds from 15 at all ranks. Range increased to 365 from 330. Stun duration after the 1 second knock-up reduced to 0.5 seconds from 1 second.
  • Headbutt Base damage reduced to 85 / 135 / 185 / 235 / 285 from 90 / 140 / 190 / 245 / 300. Cooldown changed to 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 seconds from 12 at all ranks. Can now target minions. Improved targeting against moving targets.
V1.0.0.105
  • Pulverize Bug Fix: Stun particle displaying over unaffected units.
V1.0.0.100
  • Stats Base attack speed increased to 0.625 from 0.550. Attack speed per level increased to 2.13% from 1%.
  • Headbutt Removed: Casting while rooted.
  • Unbreakable Will Clarity: Tooltip corrected to state that it removes all crowd control but not all debuffs.
  • Pulverize Clarity: Tooltip corrected to not imply that enemies do not take damage until they land.
V1.0.0.96
  • General Bug Fix: Alistar's attack timing was too fast.
V1.0.0.87
  • Headbutt Bug Fix: Alistar was prevented from using abilities immediately after activation.
V1.0.0.86
  • Pulverize New Effect: Deals damage when the target is knocked into the air rather than when they hit the ground.
V1.0.0.83
  • Triumphant Roar Base heal increased to 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 from 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150. New Effect: Healing to other allied units is reduced by 50%.
  • Headbutt Removed: Casting while disabled
V1.0.0.79
  • Triumphant Roar Cooldown reduction by nearby deaths reduced to 2 seconds from 4.
  • Unbreakable Will Duration reduced to 6 / 7 / 8 seconds from 6 / 8 / 10. Bonus AD increased to 60 / 75 / 90 from 60 at all ranks.
V1.0.0.74
  • Pulverize Stun duration reduced to 2 seconds from 2.2.
V1.0.0.72
  • Pulverize Stun duration reduced to 2.2 seconds from 2.5.
  • Headbutt Animation updated.
V1.0.0.61
  • Triumphant Roar Bug Fix: Certain abilities reduce the cooldown ( Poison Trail, Cannon Barrage).
V1.0.0.58
  • Triumphant Roar Bug Fix: Certain abilities would reduce the cooldown.
V0.9.25.21
  • Triumphant Roar Cooldown increased to 12 seconds from 4. New Effect: Cooldown is reduced by 4 seconds when a nearby enemy dies. Heal increased. AP ratio increased. Mana cost increased.
V0.9.22.16
  • Colossal Strength Bonus damage to turrets increased to 20 / 40 / 60% from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50.
V0.9.22.15
  • Stats Movement speed increased to 300 from 290.
  • Colossal Strength Removed: Reduces damage taken by turrets (still increases damage to turrets).
  • Headbutt Removed: Target minions. Base damage increased to 90 / 140 / 190 / 245 / 300 from 80 / 135 / 190 / 245 / 300.
  • Pulverize Base damage increased to 80 / 125 / 170 / 220 / 270 from 70 / 120 / 170 / 220 / 270.
V0.9.22.7
  • Triumphant Roar Base heal reduced to 40 / 65 / 90 / 110 / 130 from 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 / 130.
V0.8.22.115
  • Pulverize Area of effect increased to 330 from 300.
  • Unbreakable Will Damage reduction increased to 75% from 70%. New Effect: Removes all self debuffs on cast.
V0.8.21.110
  • Pulverize Stun duration increased to 1.5 seconds from 1.
  • Unbreakable Will Tooltip updated.
  • Unbreakable Will New Effect: Alistar gains 70% damage reduction for the duration.
  • Pulverize Stun duration reduced to 2.2 seconds from ~2.7.
  • Unbreakable Will Bonus AD reduced to 60 from 80.
  • Headbutt Stun duration reduced to 1 second from 1.25. Displacement speed increased to 1200 from 1000.
  • Unbreakable Will Duration reduced to 8 / 12 / 16 seconds from 10 / 15 / 20.
  • General Recommended items updated.
  • Stats Attack range increased to 125 from 100.
  • Unbreakable Will Duration increased to 10 / 15 / 20 seconds from 5 / 10 / 15.. New Effect: Grants Champions stunned with Pyromania (P)80 Bonus AD.
  • Headbutt. New Effect: Alistar dashes to target. Range increased to 650 from 200.
  • Unbreakable Will Bug Fix: Casting while disabled.
  • Triumphant Roar Cooldown reduced to 4 seconds from 5. Base heal increased to 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 from 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 / 130. New Effect: Has an AP ratio.
  • Unbreakable Will Renamed from Ferocious Howl.
  • Headbutt Tooltip updated.
  • Ferocious Howl Tooltip updated.

Recommended build

What players actually run on Alistar on the current patch: summoner spells, skill priority, starting, core and late items, runes and skill order.

Every entry comes with its pick rate (how often it is chosen) and, where available, its win rate. For runes, Most Played is the page the majority takes and Best WR the variant that wins most among those with enough games: when they differ, the second is usually the sharper choice, the first the safer one.

Win rate by elo

Alistar's win rate in each rank tier, from Iron to Challenger, plus all tiers combined.

A champion that climbs with rank is usually one that rewards mechanics or game knowledge; one that peaks in low elo is often easy to pick up and punished by better players. Read the tier you play in, not the average. Tiers with no data for this patch are hidden.

Counters and matchups

A preview of the counters page: the five opponents Alistar struggles against the most, and the five it beats most often, on the current patch.

Percentages are Alistar's own win rate in each duel, with the gap to its overall win rate. The full lists, with every matchup that has enough games, are on the counters page linked below each table.

Patch history

Balance changes that touched Alistar, patch by patch, most recent first, as published in the official patch notes.

The ten latest patches are shown, the older ones fold out. Use it to read the win rate movements above: a jump right after a patch is usually a buff or a nerf, not a change in how people play the champion.