Alistar - League of Legends Champion
Win Rate
48.5%
Pick Rate
1.7%

AlistarBuild

DTankSupport
Patch26.7
Matches311,655
LaneAll Lanes
TierAll Tiers
Last UpdatedApr 4, 2026
MethodologyData Methodology
AuthorDakota Chinnick

The patch 26.7 Alistar build uses Mercury's Treads, Locket of the Iron Solari, Thornmail, Zeke's Convergence, Protoplasm Harness, Bandlepipes, Oracle Lens. This Alistar build has a 5.37% pick rate and a 67.65% win rate in LoL patch 26.7. Alternatively, check out some of the other ranked Alistar build choices below.

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Select a Alistar Build

Best WR
Highest Win Rate Build
Core Build Items
  • Locket of the Iron Solari - Alistar Highest Win Rate Build core itemLocket of the Iron Solari
  • Thornmail - Alistar Highest Win Rate Build core itemThornmail
  • Zeke's Convergence - Alistar Highest Win Rate Build core itemZeke's Convergence
67.7%Win Rate
+19.2%WR Diff
5.4%Pick Rate
Most Played
Most Popular Build
Core Build Items
  • Locket of the Iron Solari - Alistar Most Popular Build core itemLocket of the Iron Solari
  • Zeke's Convergence - Alistar Most Popular Build core itemZeke's Convergence
  • Bandlepipes - Alistar Most Popular Build core itemBandlepipes
62.3%Win Rate
+13.8%WR Diff
8.4%Pick Rate
Alternative Build 1
Core Build Items
  • Locket of the Iron Solari - Alistar Alternative Build 1 core itemLocket of the Iron Solari
  • Knight's Vow - Alistar Alternative Build 1 core itemKnight's Vow
  • Zeke's Convergence - Alistar Alternative Build 1 core itemZeke's Convergence
56.1%Win Rate
+7.6%WR Diff
6.5%Pick Rate

Best Alistar Build - Highest Win Rate Items

This Alistar build focuses on a balanced mix of offense and defense. Build the core items first for your power spike, then adapt with situational items based on enemy team composition.

Full Build
56.10%Win Rate
+7.64%WR Diff
6.48%Pick Rate
41Build Matches

Alistar build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Strongest in: Physical Resistance, Health, Magic Resistance. Lower in: Gold Efficiency, Magic Damage, Physical Damage.

The most popular starting items for Alistar are Health Potion, Health Potion, Stealth Ward with a 61.5% win rate and 66.7% pick rate.

Health PotionHealth PotionHealth PotionHealth PotionStealth WardStealth Ward
61.5%Win Rate
66.7%Pick Rate
These are Alistar's essential core items that you should build in nearly every game. Locket of the Iron Solari (51.7% WR, +3.3% WR diff, 53.0% pick rate) provides 25 Armor, 200 Health, 25 MR. Knight's Vow (52.6% WR, +4.1% WR diff, 16.6% pick rate) provides 40 Armor, 200 Health. Zeke's Convergence (54.5% WR, +6.1% WR diff, 45.7% pick rate) provides 25 Armor, 300 Health, 25 MR. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.
Top situational items for Alistar include Thornmail, Bandlepipes. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.
The best boots for Alistar are Mercury's Treads. Adjust based on enemy team comp.
The recommended trinket for Alistar is Oracle Lens for vision control and map awareness.

Combined statistics from all items in this Alistar build.

  • Total magic resistance Magic Resistance:90
  • Total movement speed Movement Speed:45
  • Total armor Armor:185
  • Total health Health:1050
When facing Alistar's top counters like Morgana, Velkoz, Senna, consider adjusting your situational items to increase survivability and match their damage output. Focus on completing your core damage items before heavily investing in defensive situational items, as Alistar needs sufficient damage to remain a threat in counter matchups. Adapt your final build slots with items like Thornmail or Bandlepipes based on which counter champions you're facing and their itemization patterns. Monitor enemy builds and adjust accordingly for optimal Alistar performance.

This Alistar durable frontliner build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. With a 56.1% win rate across 41 matches, this build has proven highly effective in the current meta. The build's key strengths include strong physical damage mitigation, excellent magic damage resistance, substantial health pool for survivability. This tanky Alistar build works best when your team lacks frontline presence. You can absorb damage and create opportunities for your carries to deal damage. The armor in this build makes it effective against AD-heavy enemy compositions with champions like assassins or marksmen. This build's moderate gold investment allows Alistar to spike earlier in the game. Prioritize completing Locket of the Iron Solari, Knight's Vow, Zeke's Convergence to maximize your mid-game impact. For optimal results with this Alistar build, focus on proper itemization timing, positioning in teamfights, and adapting your situational items based on the specific challenges each game presents.

Champions that use similar core items to Alistar. These builds share at least 2 core items with the current alistar build and may have similar playstyles and power spikes.

Braum champion
Braum
Core Items
  • Locket of the Iron Solari - Braum core item
  • Knight's Vow - Braum core item
  • Bandlepipes - Braum core item
69.8%Win Rate
21.7%Pick Rate
Blitzcrank champion
Blitzcrank
Core Items
  • Locket of the Iron Solari - Blitzcrank core item
  • Frozen Heart - Blitzcrank core item
  • Zeke's Convergence - Blitzcrank core item
67.2%Win Rate
6.2%Pick Rate
Rell champion
Rell
Core Items
  • Locket of the Iron Solari - Rell core item
  • Zeke's Convergence - Rell core item
  • Protoplasm Harness - Rell core item
72.0%Win Rate
4.0%Pick Rate

See Also

Alistar OverviewAlistar RunesAlistar CountersAll Items