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Alistar·Top Build
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R| Win rate | 45.5% |
| Pick rate | 0.1% |
| Ban rate | 1.7% |
| Matches | 1 496- |
Alistar Build
Top ∙ Patch 16.3Most Popular
Win Rate 58.2% based on 67 matches
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49.2%runes
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Starter Items
Time Target
@ 10 sec
Early Items
@ 3 min
Core Items
@ 23 min
Full Build
ability order
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Skills
situational items
Alistar Matchups Overview
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Alistar General information
Alistar combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Alistar Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Alistar Top build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Phase Rush as your keystone, followed by Nimbus Cloak, Celerity and Waterwalking in the primary tree, as well as Cosmic Insight and Hextech Flashtraption in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Hextech Rocketbelt as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Cosmic Drive. For your last 3 items, you should build Stormsurge, Abyssal Mask and finish with Cryptbloom. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 58.2% winrate over 67 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Alistar Top build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Scorch with Nimbus Cloak in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense. The items for the build are Hextech Rocketbelt, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Stormsurge as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Cosmic Drive, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame. The skill order for this build is W - Q - E. In the current patch, this build has a 49.2% win rate over 61 matches.
Situational Alistar Runes and Items
Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Alistar build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Alistar runes page.
Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Alistar Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 26.4 the best possible matchups for Alistar Top are:
- vs. Master Yi - 83.3% win rate over 6 games.
- vs. Kennen - 66.7% win rate over 18 games.
- vs. Urgot - 66.7% win rate over 24 games.
- vs. Trundle - 63.2% win rate over 19 games.
- vs. Gnar - 61.1% win rate over 18 games.
Consider picking Alistar into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Alistar.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Alistar in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Cho'Gath - 17.6% win rate over 17 games.
- vs. Poppy - 20.0% win rate over 5 games.
- vs. Udyr - 20.0% win rate over 5 games.
- vs. Tryndamere - 21.1% win rate over 19 games.
- vs. Vladimir - 28.6% win rate over 7 games.
These champions are considered as Alistar counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Alistar counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.
