What are the best runes for Alistar Support?

Aftershock in Resolve with Inspiration secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (50.3% win rate).

What is the best build for Alistar?

Rush Locket of the Iron Solari, Zeke's Convergence and Knight's Vow. It wins 60.2% of Support games on patch 26.20.

Is Alistar good on patch 26.20?

Alistar has a 51.3% win rate in Support this patch, which makes it a balanced pick.

Who counters Alistar?

Swain, Amumu, Brand are among the strongest counters to Alistar Support this patch, by ranked win rate.

Alistar build

Support · patch 26.20

Alistar is currently a balanced Support pick on patch 26.20, holding a 51.3% win rate across 79,253 games (5.3% pick rate, 1.9% ban rate). It scales well, its win rate climbs to 51.6% in games past 40 minutes, so playing for the late game pays off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

51.3%

Pick

5.3%

Ban

1.9%

Games

79,253

Region

Global TR EUW EUNE NA KR BR LAN LAS OCE RU JP

Summoner Spells

// The build · 60.2% win ratevs 51.3% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start51.5%+0.2

First back

Core · in order60.2%+8.9

The whole build

Boots53.3%+2.0

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

50.3% win rate

Resolve

Inspiration

Skill Order

Max order:

Q→

W→

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Win Rate by Game Length

How the champion performs as games go longer.

< 25 min50.6%

25-30 min51.8%

30-35 min51.4%

35-40 min51.3%

40+ min51.6%

44%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

49.9%

51.4%

26.1126.1226.1326.1426.1526.1626.1726.1826.1926.20

// Matchups · who beats AlistarAll matchups →

// The short version

Start Health Potion and Health Potion and rush Locket of the Iron Solari, Zeke's Convergence and Knight's Vow; this core wins 60.2% of Support games; Aftershock is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → W → E.