
Alistar Support Build Guide: Best Runes and Items for Season 15
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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