Full Crit Alistar Build

ARAM Build Guide for champion Alistar and build Full Crit.

Full Crit Alistar build with runes and items. Full Crit Alistar guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Full Crit Alistar build in League of Legends Patch 14.17!

Updated: 2024-05-15 ()

TLDR

Starting items
Serrated Dirk should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Alistar ability Pulverize should be leveled first.
Q
Alistar ability Headbutt should be leveled second.
W
Alistar ability Trample should be leveled third.
E
Final items
Zephyr should be final item in your build.
The Collector should be final item in your build.
Yun Tal Wildarrows should be final item in your build.
Lord Dominik's Regards should be final item in your build.
Infinity Edge should be final item in your build.
Edge of Night should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Hail of Blades from Domination tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Mark as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Full Crit Alistar Runes

Domination
Domination major tree Electrocute rune.
Domination major tree Dark Harvest rune.
Domination major tree Hail of Blades rune.
Domination major tree Cheap Shot rune.
Domination major tree Taste of Blood rune.
Domination major tree Sudden Impact rune.
Domination major tree Zombie Ward rune.
Domination major tree Ghost Poro rune.
Domination major tree Eyeball Collection rune.
Domination major tree Treasure Hunter rune.
Domination major tree Relentless Hunter rune.
Domination major tree Ultimate Hunter rune.
Precision
Precision minor tree Absorb Life rune.
Precision minor tree Triumph rune.
Precision minor tree Presence of Mind rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Alacrity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Haste rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Bloodline rune.
Precision minor tree Coup de Grace rune.
Precision minor tree Cut Down rune.
Precision minor tree Last Stand rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

How it works

Full Crit Build specific
  1. You go Full Crit items.
  2. You go in and play around Hail of Blades to burst enemies.
  3. You back away and wait for Hail of Blades. Repeat.

How to play

Full Crit Build specific
  1. This build shines with 100% crit. You will instakill squishes. Until that, it might be challenging to 100-0 anyone. Look for opportunities to go in and score kills. Also focus on farming minions if possible (to scale faster).
  2. Wait for your moment to go for a kill. You have big burst thanks to Full Crit and Hail of Blades, but you are squishy. And outside of Hail of Blades procs (especially early game) you don't have much damage.
  3. Snowball / Mark is very important cooldown for this build. Do not waste it or even wait to hit the enemy at point-blank range to ensure hit (so you follow them, if they Flash).
  4. Enemy team might not check your items right away, you could use that for your advantage to nuke unsuspected enemy.
  5. This build works best if enemy team has squishy champions. If you are against a lot off-tanks/bruisers, this might not be best build.
  6. If you are not doing well, or an enemy team is slightly ahead, you can adapt and buy tank items. Worst case scenario, you can sell everything late game and 'respec' into full tank.

Tips and Tricks

General
  1. Trick #1 (the simplest combo possible): W + Q together, so you gap close with W and knock up immediately with Q.
  2. Trick #2: Q first, then Flash right away to your target to insta stun them. This way you can insta CC unsuspecting enemies.
  3. Trick #3: W to the minion, Q (not in mid air, wait for W to end), then Flash right away to your target. You will insta stun them.
  4. Do not wait to be at low health to use R! More HP you have, more effective it is.
Riot
  1. Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
  2. Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
  3. Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.

Skill Order

  • Alistar [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Pulverize
  • Alistar [object Object] ability.
    W
    Headbutt
  • Alistar [object Object] ability.
    E
    Trample
  • Alistar [object Object] ability.
    R
    Unbreakable Will

Items

Starting items
Serrated Dirk item.
Good first items
The Collector item.
Infinity Edge item.
Boots
Berserker's Greaves item.
Mercury's Treads item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Plated Steelcaps item.
Get it post 15 lvl
Zephyr item.
For mana problems
Tear of the Goddess item.
Muramana item.
Good items
Yun Tal Wildarrows item.
Essence Reaver item.
Infinity Edge item.
Bloodthirster item.
Situational items
Axiom Arc item.
Immortal Shieldbow item.
Hubris item.
Phantom Dancer item.
Profane Hydra item.
Rapid Firecannon item.
Situational vs. tanks
Lord Dominik's Regards item.
Blade of The Ruined King item.
Situational vs. healing
Executioner's Calling item.
Mortal Reminder item.
Situational vs. shields
Serpent's Fang item.
Good MR/Armor items
Wit's End item.
Mercurial Scimitar item.
Edge of Night item.
Death's Dance item.
Maw of Malmortius item.
If you need to go tanky
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Thornmail item.
Fimbulwinter item.
Force of Nature item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Wrath item.
Example final build
Zephyr item.
The Collector item.
Yun Tal Wildarrows item.
Lord Dominik's Regards item.
Infinity Edge item.
Edge of Night item.