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Alistar, the Minotaur, is a tank and support champion that is demanding to master. Across our 1044 analysed ranked games, Alistar is mostly played as Support (100% of its games), with a 52.8% win rate in that role: tier A among Support champions (#8 of 38, ranked by win rate). Alistar's damage is mostly magic (79%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 54.0% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min, 561 games) versus 46.3% in long games (over 35 min).
Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22
Averages measured over 1044 Support games played with Alistar, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.
Alistar is an engage tank: Pulverize and Headbutt knock enemies up or down, Trample ignores unit collision and sets up a stun on his next attack, and his ultimate removes the crowd control on him while reducing the damage he takes. His passive charges a roar that heals the whole nearby team when he stuns or displaces enemies.
W
Q
When: An enemy is within Headbutt range.
Headbutt charges the target and knocks them back, Pulverize knocks nearby enemies into the air: the chain puts the whole enemy team under control.
E
AA
AA
Q
When: An enemy is in melee range.
Trample several times to reach the maximum stacks; your next attack against a champion deals bonus magic damage and stuns them.
See all 3 Alistar combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →
Stunning or displacing enemies charges your roar: every control counts, even in lane. Trample stacks when it hurts a champion: at max stacks, your next attack stuns.
The most-played core build is Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari (77 games, 61.0% win rate).
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The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 144 games).
At 10 min: 2826 gold, 12 CS, 2536 XP. At 15 min: 4301 gold, 17 CS, 3994 XP.
Flash + Heal52.5% · 659 games
Flash + Ignite52.0% · 298 games
Exhaust + Flash57.6% · 85 games
Font of Life100%
Bone Plating88%
Unflinching92%
Cosmic Insight97%
Hextech Flashtraption94%
Hextech Flashtraption89%
Biscuit Delivery92%Cosmic Insight100%
Nimbus Cloak100%
Celerity97%
Font of Life100%Bone Plating90%Unflinching95%Nimbus Cloak98%
Waterwalking62%For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).
We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Alistar's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.
Zeke's Convergence
55.5%
Knight's Vow
56.2% ▼
Protoplasm Harness
67.7% ▲
Bandlepipes
58.3%
Abyssal Mask
42.1%The item that stands out most is Protoplasm Harness: 67.7% win rate, +7 points versus its usual win rate.
Zeke's Convergence
57.5% ▲Knight's Vow
67.4% ▲Protoplasm Harness
53.8% ▼Bandlepipes
72.7%
Thornmail
60.0%The item that stands out most is Knight's Vow: 67.4% win rate, +8 points versus its usual win rate.
Zeke's Convergence
51.2%Knight's Vow
57.4%Protoplasm Harness
59.7%Bandlepipes
57.9% ▼Thornmail
50.0% ▼No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.
Braum
Alistar: 33.3%15 games
Braum has the edge in 67% of the 15 Support duels against Alistar. See the Braum guide.
Nami
Alistar: 35.7%28 games
Nami has the edge in 64% of the 28 Support duels against Alistar. See the Nami guide.
Senna
Alistar: 37.5%16 games
Senna has the edge in 62% of the 16 Support duels against Alistar. See the Senna guide.
Rakan
Alistar: 42.9%28 games
Rakan has the edge in 57% of the 28 Support duels against Alistar. See the Rakan guide.
Poppy
Alistar: 42.9%21 games
Poppy has the edge in 57% of the 21 Support duels against Alistar. See the Poppy guide.
Nautilus65.9% · 44 games
Lulu61.3% · 31 games
Janna59.1% · 22 games
Karma58.8% · 17 games
Rell53.2% · 47 gamesWin rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Alistar's matchups.
| Measure | Alistar | Support average | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold at 10 min | 2826 | 2918 | −92 |
| CS at 10 min | 12 | 14 | −2 |
| XP at 10 min | 2536 | 2711 | −175 |
| Gold at 15 min | 4301 | 4507 | −206 |
| CS at 15 min | 17 | 20 | −3 |
| XP at 15 min | 3994 | 4325 | −330 |
Measured over 144 Alistar games with a timeline; the average covers 51 champions played Support in our ranked games.
Best result: medium-length (25 to 35 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.
The most-played core build is Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari (77 games, 61.0% win rate).
Alistar's toughest matchups as Support are Braum (33.3% win rate over 15 games), Nami (35.7% win rate over 28 games), and Senna (37.5% win rate over 16 games).
Alistar posts its best win rates against Nautilus (65.9%), Lulu (61.3%), and Janna (59.1%).
Win rate varies with game length: 54.0% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min, 561 games) versus 46.3% in long games (over 35 min).
The most-played rune page uses Aftershock with the Inspiration secondary tree (412 games, 50.2% win rate).
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