Alistar: League's Unstoppable Minotaur Support
Alistar is a powerful vanguard support champion in League of Legends who excels at engaging enemies and protecting allies. His kit revolves around crowd control and tankiness.
Abilities:
Triumphant Roar (Passive)
- Gains stacks when stunning/displacing enemies or when nearby enemies die
- At 7 stacks, heals himself and nearby allies
- Healing scales with level and AP
Pulverize (Q)
- AoE knockup and stun
- Deals magic damage to nearby enemies
- Can be combo'd with Headbutt
Headbutt (W)
- Dashes to target enemy and knocks them back
- Deals magic damage
- Used for engaging or peeling
Trample (E)
- Deals pulsing AoE magic damage around Alistar
- Gains stacks when damaging champions
- At 5 stacks, empowers next auto attack to stun
Unbreakable Will (R)
- Cleanses crowd control effects
- Grants significant damage reduction
- Duration: 7 seconds
Key Strengths:
- Excellent engage potential with Q+W combo
- Strong peel and protection for carries
- Very tanky with ultimate activated
- Good sustain with passive healing
Best used as a tanky support who can initiate fights and protect allies while being difficult to take down. His crowd control abilities make him especially effective at setting up plays for his team.
Minotaur Alistar standing in battle pose