Alistar ARAM Mayhem Build

The Minotaur. A strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #34 of 173 champions.

APatch 26.21TankSupportNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: A
Win rate: 51.7%
Pick rate: 5.4%
Rank: #34 of 173
Games: 1,249,837
Patch: 26.21

How to play Alistar in ARAM Mayhem

Alistar is a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier A, #34 of 173 champions, with a 51.7% win rate over 1,249,837 games.

Alistar's damage is mixed (28% physical, 64% magic), which makes it awkward for the enemy team to itemize against. It keeps its team alive with 9,283 healing on teammates in an average game; stay behind your frontline and save it for the fights that matter. It soaks 74,508 damage per game and mitigates another 118,567, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't. With 72 seconds of crowd control per game it is one of the team's main sources of lockdown.

The Tank build, tank items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Heartsteel, Unending Despair and Warmog's Armor, with a 52.0% win rate over 715,501 games. On this build 51% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Alistar are Pressure Cooker, Infinite Recursion and Circle of Death. Cards built around health and resistances fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability haste. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Poltergeist and Can't Touch This when you can: they do worst on Alistar. A pair to look for: Steel Your Heart with Pressure Cooker.

Take Flash and Mark (95% of players). Max Q (Pulverize) first, then W, then E.

Alistar ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Alistar game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Tank build · top ranked

52.0% win rate · 69% of Alistar games · 715,501 games

Start

Giant's Belt
Ruby Crystal

Core items, in buying order

Heartsteel
Unending Despair
Warmog's Armor

Boots on the Tank build for Alistar, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
No boots	51%
Mercury's Treads	34%
Plated Steelcaps	12%

Situational, after the core

Sunfire Aegis4% buy it
Riftmaker8% buy it
Hollow Radiance9% buy it
Spirit Visage22% buy it
Winter's Approach8% buy it
Jak'Sho, The Protean19% buy it

Other build paths

Other Alistar build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
APShadowflame, Stormsurge, Rabadon's Deathcap		7.5%	47.6%

Games: the share of all Alistar games that went this way.

Most bought items

Heartsteel75% of games
Warmog's Armor52% of games
Unending Despair49% of games
Mercury's Treads32% of games
Thornmail32% of games
Jak'Sho, The Protean21% of games
Spirit Visage21% of games
Winter's Approach17% of games
Randuin's Omen16% of games
Shadowflame13% of games

Best augments for Alistar

Every card with enough Alistar games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Alistar's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Alistar

8 S tier and 42 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Alistar in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Pressure Cooker	Gold	Tier S	Every second, apply an infinitely stacking Burn to nearby enemy champions, dealing (0.5% Max Health) magic damage per second for 2 seconds…
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Circle of Death	Prismatic	Tier S	Your healing and Health Regen deal 70% of the value magic damage to the nearest enemy champion.
Ultimate Awakening	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 30 Ultimate Ability Haste. After using your Ultimate, refresh your basic abilities and gain 300 basic ability haste for 15s. (20s…
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier S	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Cruelty	Prismatic	Tier S	On Immobilizing or Grounding an enemy champion, summon a comet above them. The comet lands after 1 second, dealing (50–150 (by level) +40%…
Steel Your Heart	Gold	Tier S	QUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300 stacks. REWARD: Multiply Heartsteel stacks by 3.
Soul Eater	Gold	Tier A	Immobilizing an enemy champion grants 20 max Health. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 300 Health.
Courage of the Colossus	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain (150–450 (by level) +4% Max Health) Shield after Immobilizing or Grounding an enemy champion.
Tank Engine	Gold	Tier A	On takedown, gain a stack that grants 5% increased size and 5% max Health. Lose 65% of stacks on death.
Sap Magic	Gold	Tier A	Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max…
En Passant	Prismatic	Tier A	Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health…
Protein Shake	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain Heal & Shield Power (25+35% Bonus Armor+35% Bonus Magic Resist)% Heal and Shield Power based on bonus Armor and Magic Resist.
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
Growth Spurt	Gold	Tier A	Gain Growth Spurt as a Summoner Spell. Growth Spurt suddenly increases your size, Knocking Up nearby enemies for 1 second and granting…
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier A	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
Stay Resolute	Silver	Tier A	Damaging enemy champions with selected ability grants you 1–3 (by level) Armor or Magic Resistance based on their Adaptive Force Damage…
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
Heavy Hitter	Silver	Tier A	Your Attacks deal additional (3.5% Max Health) physical damage.
Lich Brain	Silver	Tier A	Gain (30+4% Bonus Health) Ability Power.
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Celestial Body	Gold	Tier A	Gain 1500 Health, but you deal 10% less damage.
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier A	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Porcupine	Gold	Tier A	Taking damage from champions builds up a burst of needles. At critical mass, the needles burst, dealing (75–200 (by level) +125% Bonus…
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier A	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Echo Cast	Prismatic	Tier A	Casting your selected ability sends a clone of the ability toward your mouse position and recasts it after 0.25 seconds.
Sonata	Gold	Tier A	Every 10 seconds, automatically cast the Aria of Perseverence and Song of Celerity in an alternating melody. Aria of Perseverence heals…
Enchanting Butterflies	Gold	Tier A	Healing or Shielding allied champions gathers Butterflies around you. After collecting 7 Butterflies, damaging an enemy champion fires all…
Shadow Runner	Silver	Tier A	After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds.
Recursion	Gold	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste.
Ravenous Bind	Gold	Tier A	Minimum healing: (50–200 (by level) +5% Ability Power +10% Bonus Health) Healing increases up to 50% based on spell cooldown.
Endless Decimation	Gold	Tier A	Autocast a circular axe swing that deals physical damage every 8 seconds in combat. Enemies along the outer edge take increased damage…
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Dawnbringer's Resolve	Gold	Tier A	When dropping below 50% Health, heal for 30% max Health over 3 seconds. Resets on death or every 45 seconds.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
Squishy Slappy Grab	Prismatic	Tier A	Occasionally send out Squishy Slappy Hands that latch on to all nearby enemy champions for 4 seconds. While you're latched onto enemies…
Biggest Snowball Ever	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 100 Ability Haste on Snowball. Your snowball is BIG and will pass through minions. It Slows enemies for 20% for 2 seconds, Knocks Up…
Triggered Inferno	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging enemy champions with Attacks or Abilities different from the previous one grants Style (from F to S). Gain 4.25–5 (by level) %…
Wee Woo Wee Woo	Gold	Tier A	Gain up to 50% Move Speed toward nearby allies based on their missing Health. Your healing and shielding are also increased up to 50% based…
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Mosh Monster	Prismatic	Tier A	Casting selected ability grants 300–750 (by level) bonus Health and Slows nearby enemies by 50% for the duration of selected ability Getting…
Hellbent	Prismatic	Tier A	Striking enemy champions with Attacks or Abilities grants you a stack of Revivemaxxing for 6 seconds (max: 10). At max stacks become…
Stats on Stats on Stats!	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot.

Average on Alistar
53 cards, best first

Below average on Alistar
40 cards, best first

Weakest on Alistar
10 cards, best first

Best first augment for Alistar

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Alistar's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Upgrade Immolate, Pressure Cooker and Circle of Death come out on top.

The best augments for Alistar in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Upgrade ImmolateTier S	Bread And JamTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	Ultimate AwakeningTier S
2	Pressure CookerTier S	Bread And ButterTier S	Ultimate AwakeningTier S	CrueltyTier S
3	Circle of DeathTier S	Circle of DeathTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Circle of DeathTier S
4	Infinite RecursionTier S	Pressure CookerTier S	Circle of DeathTier A	Protein ShakeTier S
5	Ultimate AwakeningTier S	Ultimate AwakeningTier S	CrueltyTier A	Shrink EngineTier A

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Alistar, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark95% of players · 51.8% win rate
Flash + Ghost3% of players · 50.0% win rate
Ghost + Mark0% of players · 49.4% win rate

Skill order

QPulverize
WHeadbutt
ETrample

Max Q first. 76% of players use this order (52.8% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Alistar in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 6.6 / 11.1 / 34.5
KDA: 4.20
Damage to champions: 28,602
Damage taken: 74,508
Self-mitigated: 118,567
Healing on allies: 9,283
Shielding on allies: 39
Crowd control: 72 s
Kill participation: 75%
Game length: 16:53

Damage type

Physical 28%Magic 64%True 9%

Questions and answers

What is the best Alistar build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Tank build first for Alistar: Heartsteel, Unending Despair and Warmog's Armor. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Alistar in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Alistar, best first: Pressure Cooker, Infinite Recursion, Circle of Death, Ultimate Awakening and Upgrade Immolate. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Alistar good in ARAM Mayhem?

Alistar is tier A on patch 26.21, #34 of 173 champions, with a 51.7% win rate over 1.2 million games. That makes it a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Alistar in ARAM Mayhem?

For Alistar's first pick on patch 26.21: Upgrade Immolate, Pressure Cooker, Circle of Death, Infinite Recursion and Ultimate Awakening, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Tanks in ARAM Mayhem

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Alistar counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.