Best Alistar Support Runes Guide in Patch 15.5

Best Alistar Support Runes Guide in Patch 15.5

By Marcus Chen

March 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM

Alistar Support Runes Guide

The most effective Alistar support build uses Resolve (Primary) and Inspiration (Secondary) runes, achieving a 49.6% win rate with 58.4% pick rate across 24,247 matches in patch 15.5.

Optimal Rune Setup:

  • Primary (Resolve): Aftershock, Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth
  • Secondary (Inspiration): Hextech Flashtraption, Cosmic Insight

Strong Against:

  • Tahm Kench (55.8% WR)
  • Mel (55.3% WR)
  • Sylas (55.2% WR)
  • Brand (53.8% WR)
  • Xerath (53.6% WR)
  • Shaco (53.1% WR)

Weak Against:

  • Taric (43.7% WR)
  • Zac (44.0% WR)
  • Vel'Koz (44.8% WR)
  • Janna (45.2% WR)
  • Swain (46.3% WR)
  • Soraka (46.3% WR)

Best ADC Synergies:

  • Seraphine (56.8% WR)
  • Nilah (55.7% WR)
  • Smolder (54.6% WR)
  • Yasuo (54.2% WR)
  • Tristana (52.2% WR)
  • Mel (51.9% WR)

Key Tips:

  1. Position near your ADC during laning phase to maintain engage threat
  2. Set up ambushes in bushes before major objectives using W>Q combo
  3. After engaging in team fights, fall back to protect your ADC

Essential Combos:

  • W>Q: Basic engage combo
  • Flash>W>Q: Extended range engage
  • Q>Flash: Surprise crowd control
  • E>W>Q: Full defensive combo

This champion is particularly effective when paired with aggressive ADCs and excels at creating pick opportunities around objectives.

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