Alistar Support is a powerful tank support champion who excels at engaging and protecting allies. This comprehensive guide will help you master his playstyle.

Core Build:

• Summoner Spells: Flash, Ignite
• First Items: Celestial Opposition, Symbiotic Soles
• Core Items: Locket of the Iron Solari, Zeke's Convergence
• Final Items: Knight's Vow, Vigilant Wardstone

Optimal Runes:

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

Skill Order: Q > W > E

Key Tips:

• Position near your ADC during laning phase to threaten engages
• Set up ambushes in bushes before major objectives
• After engaging, fall back to protect your ADC
• Use W-Q combo for reliable crowd control

Strong Against:

• Tahm Kench (55.6% WR)
• Brand (54.9% WR)
• Sylas (54.8% WR)

Weak Against:

• Taric (43.7% WR)
• Soraka (45.2% WR)
• Janna (45.5% WR)

Best ADC Synergies:

• Seraphine (57.5% WR)
• Nilah (56.1% WR)
• Yasuo (53.4% WR)

Alternative Build:

• Keystone: Phase Rush
• Build Path: Same as core build
• Win Rate: 50.3% across 2,505 matches

Situational Items:

• Adapt armor/magic resist based on enemy composition
• Consider matchup-specific rune adjustments
• Build order may vary based on game state

This build maintains a 49.2% win rate over 12,604 matches in Emerald+ ranked games.

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