Alistar·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Alistar Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth in the primary tree, as well as Manaflow Band and Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Sunfire Aegis as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Unending Despair. For your last 3 items, you should build Protoplasm Harness, Spirit Visage and finish with Thornmail. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 53.5% winrate over 86 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 Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Transcendence in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling 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 Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Banshee's Veil. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 40.0% win rate over 65 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Transcendence in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Health Scaling, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Hollow Radiance as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Unending Despair as a third item. You want to finish the build with Protoplasm Harness, Jak'Sho, The Protean and Spirit Visage. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 50.0% win rate across 60 matches played.

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.