2011-07-13, 08:35 PM
Foopah Wrote:I know this may be late to post, but I think my poorly playing Alistar might have contributed significantly to our loss, but it was a fun game nonetheless! Sometimes it's nice to blow off a non-serious game like that and see if you can win. I think I am about 75~100 games (total of wins/losses) away from being an effective "average" player. I'm thinking of buying Sona next and working on her, since she is a stronger support champion than Taric, and working more on my Ryze and Alistar.
Any great suggestions on how to play Alistar more effectively in lane?
I usually start off with boots/mp pots and then grab a philo stone + HoG for the regen and gold bonus and since I don't really need extra armour or MR for a while thanks to masteries and runes. To get last hits sometimes I'll cast heal and let my trample weaken the minion a bit more for an easy last hit. I also harass quite often with headbutt + pulverize combo which does quite a bit of damage. If the opposing team is careless as well you can easily flash behind them and knock them into your turret for a free kill if you have another lane mate. I normally dont use pulverize for farming/clearing minion waves unless I really need to since it burns mana, and has a pretty high cool down. After the laning phase I'll usually have enough gold to build up some defense items depending on the other team's comp.