Matchup
You are stronger late game — farm safe and avoid early trades.
Build vs Alistar
Build adapted to this matchup
Starting items
Core build
Standard
Summoner spells
100%Anti AD
Anti Heal
Anti CC
Anti Tank
DPS
Sorcery
Stormraider's Surge
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Scorch
Resolve
Unflinching
Second Wind
Power Spikes
Strength by game phase
Galio
AlistarAlistar's abilities
Passive, spells and ultimate
Alistar charges his roar by stunning or displacing enemy champions or when nearby enemies die. When fully charged he heals himself all nearby allied champions.
Cooldowns
Cooldowns by spell rank
| Level | Q | W | E | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 14s | 14s | 12s | – |
| 6 | 12s | 14s | 12s | 2m |
| 9 | 10s | 13s | 12s | 2m |
| 11 | 10s | 12s | 12s | 1m40 |
| 16 | 10s | 10s | 11s | 1m20 |
| 18 | 10s | 10s | 10s | 1m20 |
Playing against Alistar
How to counter and exploit weaknesses
Respect his level 2 (W+Q): it's one of the strongest engages in the game at that point. Stay at range.
His WQ combo has a long cooldown (~14s) — punish him aggressively after he uses it.
Alistar is useless if his ADC isn't there to follow up — provoke engages when the enemy ADC is busy farming.
His R reduces damage but not CC — keep CC-ing him even during his ult.
Source: op.gg + LTL Engine · Patch 16.9.1 · May 9, 2026