30 Second Alistar Guide + Wallpaper

Archive post, September 2011. Alistar's kit doesn't line up with this any more. Triumphant Roar is his passive now rather than a heal you rank up, and Trample [E] holds the slot the old heal sat in, so there's nothing to max after Pulverize [Q]. Clairvoyance stopped being a summoner spell years ago, and the runes and masteries below belong to the system Riot replaced with Runes Reforged. The shape of him survives all of it: Pulverize [Q] into Headbutt [W] is still the combo worth learning, and Unbreakable Will [R] is still what makes him impossible to kill in a fight.

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Facts:

• Alistar is very tanky.
• You can build him as an AP Tank, Straight Tank, or Support Champion.
• Your ult makes you super tanky
• Once you get good you can do the headbutt into pulverize combo

Skills/Summoners:

• Primary Summoner: Flash - Helps your position your skills and escape.
• Clairvoyance if you're playing support, Exhaust, Teleport, Ghost, all also viable
• Max your Pulverize, get at least one level of headbutt.
• If you're going AP caster max headbutt second with one level of heal.
• If you're going tanky or support, max heal after pulverize.

Runes/Masteries:

• Going straight down the defense or the utility mastery tree are both great.
• Defense Runes + Magic Penetration

Item Build:

• Support Build: Philospher's Stone, Heart of Gold, Ionian Boots, Sheen, Aegis of the Legion
• Tank Build: P-stone, HoG, Mercury Treads, Sheen, then pick one of these two
• AP Caster Build: Sheen, Sorceror Boots, Deathcap, Lichbane