Alistar Support Build Guide

Core Build:

• Summoner Spells: Flash + Ignite
• Starting Items: Celestial Opposition
• Core Items: Symbiotic Soles, Locket of the Iron Solari
• Final Items: Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, Vigilant Wardstone
• Skill Order: Q > W > E

Optimal Runes:

• Primary: Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching
• Secondary: Cosmic Insight, Hextech Flashtraption
• Shards: Ability Haste, Health Scaling, Health Scaling

Best Matchups (Win Rate):

• Tahm Kench (55.6%)
• Brand (54.9%)
• Sylas (54.8%)
• Mel (54.2%)
• Xerath (53.2%)

Worst Matchups (Win Rate):

• Taric (43.7%)
• Soraka (45.2%)
• Janna (45.5%)
• Vel'Koz (45.8%)
• Swain (47.1%)

Best ADC Synergies:

• Seraphine (57.5%)
• Nilah (56.1%)
• Yasuo (53.4%)
• Ziggs (53.4%)
• Smolder (53.3%)

Key Tips:

1. Position near ADC during laning phase to threaten engage
2. Set up ambushes in bushes before major objectives
3. After engaging in teamfights, fall back to protect ADC
4. Use W>Q combo for reliable crowd control
5. Adjust rune shards based on lane matchup (Armor vs Magic Resist)

Alternative Build:

• Keystone: Phase Rush
• Win Rate: 50.3% (2,505 matches)
• Same core items as standard build

Off-Meta Build:

• Keystone: Glacial Augment
• Win Rate: 48.1% (1,635 matches)
• Same core items as standard build

Current overall win rate: 49.2% based on 12,604 matches at Emerald+ rank.

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