Alistar Support Build Guide

Alistar currently maintains a 49.2% win rate in Emerald+ across 11,305 matches. Here's how to optimize your gameplay:

Core Build:

• Summoner Spells: Flash, Ignite
• First Items: Celestial Opposition > Symbiotic Soles > Locket of the Iron Solari
• Full Build: Add Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, Vigilant Wardstone
• Ability 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 (56.0%)
• Mel (55.7%)
• Sylas (55.3%)
• Brand (53.8%)
• Shaco (53.6%)

Avoid Picking Into:

• Taric (43.9%)
• Zac (44.2%)
• Vel'Koz (44.9%)
• Janna (45.2%)
• Soraka (46.3%)

Best ADC Synergies:

• Seraphine (56.8%)
• Nilah (55.4%)
• Smolder (54.5%)
• Yasuo (53.9%)

Key Tips:

1. Position close to your ADC during laning phase to maintain engage threat
2. Set up ambushes in bushes before major objectives
3. After engaging in teamfights, fall back to protect your ADC
4. Use W>Q combo for reliable crowd control

Alternative Build:

• Keystone: Phase Rush
• Build Path: Same as core build
• Win Rate: 50.1% over 2,269 matches

Adjust your build based on matchups - consider Armor or Magic Resist shards depending on lane opponents, and adapt items to counter enemy team composition.

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