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 Deathfire Touch as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Second Wind and Overgrowth in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Imperial Mandate as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Morellonomicon. For your last 3 items, you should build Hextech Rocketbelt, Abyssal Mask and finish with Zeke's Convergence. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 47.7% winrate over 499 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 Imperial Mandate, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Hextech Rocketbelt as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Abyssal Mask, Thornmail and Cosmic Drive. The skill order for this build is W - Q - E. In the current patch, this build has a 46.4% win rate over 125 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Transcendence in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Hextech Rocketbelt as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Imperial Mandate as a third item. You want to finish the build with Stormsurge, Rabadon's Deathcap and Hollow Radiance. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 47.7% win rate across 86 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Alistar Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Stormraider's Surge, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Sudden Impact with Ultimate Hunter as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Imperial Mandate as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Hextech Rocketbelt as third item. The last 3 options are Stormsurge, Lich Bane and Zeke's Convergence. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 48.5% win rate over 68 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.