Alistar·Mid Build
Win rate | 42.6%- |
Pick rate | 0.0%- |
Ban rate | 1.3%- |
Matches | 3 414- |
Alistar Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 54.0% based on 202 matches
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Most Popular
54.0%2nd Most Popular
51.0%Alternative
51.6%Off-Meta
37.3%runes
spells
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Starter Items
Time Target@ 13 sec
Early Items
@ 5 min
Core Items
@ 22 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
W
E
Skills
situational items
Alistar Matchups Overview
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The Best Alistar Builds, Runes and Items for Mid in All Ranks
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Alistar Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Transcendence and Gathering Storm in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Lich Bane as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Stormsurge. For your last 3 items, you should build Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 54.0% winrate over 202 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Alistar Mid 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, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Hextech Flashtraption with Cosmic Insight 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 Lich Bane, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Shadowflame as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rabadon's Deathcap, Cryptbloom and Stormsurge. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 51.0% win rate over 143 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, Eyeball Collection and Relentless Hunter in the primary tree, and Transcendence with Gathering Storm in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Stormsurge as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Lich Bane as a third item. You want to finish the build with Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 51.6% win rate across 124 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Alistar Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Sudden Impact with Eyeball Collection as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Lich Bane as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Stormsurge as third item. The last 3 options are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Cryptbloom. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 37.3% win rate over 51 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.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Alistar runes page.
Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Alistar Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Mid in All Ranks
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.8 the best possible matchups for Alistar Mid are:
- vs. Nami - win rate over games.
- vs. Karthus - win rate over games.
- vs. Tahm Kench - win rate over games.
- vs. Urgot - win rate over games.
- vs. Kog'Maw - win rate over games.
Consider picking Alistar into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Mid matchups that currently are in favor of Alistar.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Alistar in the current patch into the following Mid matchups:
- vs. Zilean - win rate over games.
- vs. Thresh - win rate over games.
- vs. K'Sante - win rate over games.
- vs. Nautilus - win rate over games.
- vs. Sona - win rate over games.
These champions are considered as Alistar counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Alistar counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.