This meta overview presents ALISTAR’s ranked performance across different roles and skill tiers. The data includes tier placement, win rate, pick rate, ban rate, and short-term trends, allowing you to evaluate her current strength and draft priority. Statistics are synced with rank buckets and role selection, helping you understand where ALISTAR performs best and how her impact changes in the evolving Wild Rift meta.
The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Support Line ALISTAR. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Relic Shield (Kill minions to earn bonus gold). Next, you should pay attention to whether your mobility champion is enough, our further actions will depend on this. If it is hard for you to dodge the enemy's skills or you want to roam on neighboring lines, then it is better to buy
Boots of Speed at an early stage.
Relic Shield
Kill minions to earn bonus gold
+125 Max Health
This item is for support players. When equipped, it will reduce the gold you receive from killing minions and monsters. If there are multiples of this item within the party, only one of them can take effect at any given time.
Tribute: Gain 1 encircling energy orb(s) every 30 seconds (max 3 orbs). While near an ally, the actions below will trigger Tribute, consuming 1 energy orb(s) to grant you 65 gold and restore your Health 20-80:
1. Using abilities or attacks to damage enemy champions or structures.
2. Attacking minions below 65% Health. This also executes them, and the gold generated from the minion kills is given to the ally nearest to you. 3. A nearby minion is killed while you have 3 orbs. Upon triggering Tribute, the ally nearest to you gains Tribute stacks.
Sentry: Deal 1 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer’s Bloom.
Restraint: You do not earn gold generated from minion kills, but you earn gold equal to 50% of the bounty. The gold generated from your minion kills will be given to the ally nearest to you. Gold earned from monster kills is reduced by 50%.
Quest: After earning 750 gold, this item upgrades into Bulwark of the Mountain and binds you and the ally with the most Tribute stacks as Perfect Partners.
500
Bulwark of the Mountain
Kill minions to earn bonus gold
+175 Max Health
+10 Ability Haste
Soulcast: Every 60 seconds, gains 75 gold, 25 Health and 2 Attack Damage, or 4 Ability Power (Adaptive); up to 250 Health and 20 Attack Damage or 40 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Deal 2 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer’s Bloom. When out of combat, gain 10% Movement Speed when you move toward your Perfect Partner. If you're more than 2,500 units apart, this bonus increases to 30%.
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Bulwark of the Mountain TIPS: This item is designed for support players and grants passive gold income every 60 seconds along with Soulforce stacks that boost your health, attack damage, or ability power. At 10 stacks, you gain a significant adaptive stat bonus. While it reduces gold from killing minions and monsters, it accelerates your team’s economic pace. An additional effect deals extra damage to revealed Sight Wards, making it easier to clear vision and maintain map control.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks
+150 Max Health
+20 Armor
+45 Move Speed
1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against physical damage, especially from enemy basic attacks. The bonus Armor, Health, and movement speed improve your durability, allowing you to survive longer against marksmen and AD fighters. They are an excellent choice against teams that rely heavily on auto attacks for their damage.
Yordle Trap
Recommended for use with displacement abilities
+350 Max Health
+40 Armor
+15 Ability Haste
Catcher: After using abilities to apply crowd control effects that displace the enemy, gain 10% Movement Speed for 3 second(s) and mark the target, reducing their Armor
and Magic Resist
by 5–12 for 8 second(s). If the target dies while they are marked, their death grants 100–140 bonus gold (
) that will be evenly shared among you and nearby allies.
This bonus gold can only be obtained once every 10 second(s).
2600
Yordle Trap TIPS: This item is designed for champions with displacement abilities and strong engage tools. Successfully displacing an enemy grants you bonus movement speed while marking the target, reducing their Armor and Magic Resistance to make them easier for your team to eliminate. If the marked target dies, you and nearby allies receive bonus gold, helping your team snowball its advantage. It is an excellent choice for tanks and engage supports with knockbacks, pulls, or knock-up abilities.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks
+150 Max Health
+20 Armor
+45 Move Speed
1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against physical damage, especially from enemy basic attacks. The bonus Armor, Health, and movement speed improve your durability, allowing you to survive longer against marksmen and AD fighters. They are an excellent choice against teams that rely heavily on auto attacks for their damage.
Mercury's Treads
Increases Magic resist
+150 Max Health
+25 Magic Resistance
+15 Tenacity
+45 Move Speed
1200
Mercury's Treads TIPS: These boots increase your Magic Resistance while making you more resilient to crowd control through Tenacity. The bonus Health and movement speed improve both survivability and mobility, allowing you to perform more effectively against magic damage and heavy-CC team compositions. They are an excellent choice for tanks, fighters, and any champion who needs to stay in the fight longer.
Armored Advance
Grants Armor and a shield
+150 Max Health
+35 Armor
+45 Move Speed
Block: Reduce damage from champion attacks by 10%.
Noxian Endurance: After taking physical damage from a champion grants a physical shield that absorbs damage equal to 10-140 plus 8% max Health
. (12s Cooldown)
2200
Armored Advance TIPS: These boots provide excellent protection against physical damage. They reduce damage taken from enemy champion attacks and grant a protective shield after taking physical damage from a champion, helping you survive extended trades and heavy bursts of physical damage. They are an excellent choice against marksmen, fighters, and other champions who rely primarily on physical attacks.
Chainlaced Crushers
Gain a magic shield upon taking magic damage
+150 Max Health
+35 Magic Resistance
+30% Tenacity
+45 Move Speed
Noxian Persistence: After taking magic damage from a champion, gain a magic shield that absorbs 10-120 plus 5% max
for 5s. (12s Cooldown)
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Chainlaced Crushers TIPS: These boots greatly improve your survivability against magic damage. After taking magic damage from an enemy champion, you gain a magic shield that helps absorb follow-up spells, while the bonus Magic Resistance and Tenacity make you far more resilient against AP threats and crowd control. They are an excellent choice against teams with heavy magic damage and strong CC.
Bulwark of the Mountain (Kill minions to earn bonus gold) as your first item, followed by
Plated Steelcaps (Reduces damage from champion attacks) or
Mercury's Treads (Reduces Magic Damage) depending on the situation. (sometimes it will still be better to build a boot as the first item, which significantly increases the mobility of your champion) the third key element in our build is
Yordle Trap (Recommended for use with displacement abilities).
Armored Advance (Grants Armor and a shield). You may want to replace it with
Chainlaced Crushers (Gain a magic shield upon taking magic damage), it all depends on your playstyle and the situation on the battlefield.
Bulwark of the Mountain
Kill minions to earn bonus gold
+175 Max Health
+10 Ability Haste
Soulcast: Every 60 seconds, gains 75 gold, 25 Health and 2 Attack Damage, or 4 Ability Power (Adaptive); up to 250 Health and 20 Attack Damage or 40 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Deal 2 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer’s Bloom. When out of combat, gain 10% Movement Speed when you move toward your Perfect Partner. If you're more than 2,500 units apart, this bonus increases to 30%.
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Bulwark of the Mountain TIPS: This item is designed for support players and grants passive gold income every 60 seconds along with Soulforce stacks that boost your health, attack damage, or ability power. At 10 stacks, you gain a significant adaptive stat bonus. While it reduces gold from killing minions and monsters, it accelerates your team’s economic pace. An additional effect deals extra damage to revealed Sight Wards, making it easier to clear vision and maintain map control.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces damage from champion attacks
+150 Max Health
+20 Armor
+45 Move Speed
1200
Plated Steelcaps TIPS: These boots provide reliable protection against physical damage, especially from enemy basic attacks. The bonus Armor, Health, and movement speed improve your durability, allowing you to survive longer against marksmen and AD fighters. They are an excellent choice against teams that rely heavily on auto attacks for their damage.
Yordle Trap
Recommended for use with displacement abilities
+350 Max Health
+40 Armor
+15 Ability Haste
Catcher: After using abilities to apply crowd control effects that displace the enemy, gain 10% Movement Speed for 3 second(s) and mark the target, reducing their Armor
and Magic Resist
by 5–12 for 8 second(s). If the target dies while they are marked, their death grants 100–140 bonus gold (
) that will be evenly shared among you and nearby allies.
This bonus gold can only be obtained once every 10 second(s).
2600
Yordle Trap TIPS: This item is designed for champions with displacement abilities and strong engage tools. Successfully displacing an enemy grants you bonus movement speed while marking the target, reducing their Armor and Magic Resistance to make them easier for your team to eliminate. If the marked target dies, you and nearby allies receive bonus gold, helping your team snowball its advantage. It is an excellent choice for tanks and engage supports with knockbacks, pulls, or knock-up abilities.
Radiant Virtue
Heal allies upon casting your ultimate ability.
+300 Max Health
+45 Armor
+15 Ability Haste
Guiding Light: Upon casting your ultimate ability, you Transcend, increasing your max Health by 10% for 6s. While Transcended, allied champions within 1,200 units of you heal for 2.5% of your max Health per second over the duration. (60s cooldown) If you're a ranged champion, heals granted are reduced by 50%.
2850
Radiant Virtue TIPS: This item boosts your durability by granting extra max health, armor, and ability haste. Its passive causes you to transcend after casting your ultimate: you temporarily raise your max health, and nearby allies are healed based on that boosted health. The healing is reduced for ranged champions. A strong pick for frontliners and supports who want to survive engages while providing teamwide sustain during fights.
Gargoyle Stoneplate
Shield
+200 Max Health
+45 Armor
+45 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Stoneplate (Active): Gain a base shield that absorbs damage equal to 100 plus 90% bonus
and gain size, decayng over 2.5s. (60s Cooldown)
2900
Gargoyle Stoneplate TIPS: This item greatly increases your survivability during teamfights. Its active grants a powerful shield that scales with your bonus Health, allowing you to withstand heavy focus fire and remain on the frontline longer. It is an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb large amounts of damage while protecting their team.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability
+60 Armor
+60 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor
by 30% and Magic Resistance
by 30% until out of combat with champion.
3100
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.
Gargoyle Stoneplate
Shield
+200 Max Health
+45 Armor
+45 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Stoneplate (Active): Gain a base shield that absorbs damage equal to 100 plus 90% bonus
and gain size, decayng over 2.5s. (60s Cooldown)
2900
Gargoyle Stoneplate TIPS: This item greatly increases your survivability during teamfights. Its active grants a powerful shield that scales with your bonus Health, allowing you to withstand heavy focus fire and remain on the frontline longer. It is an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb large amounts of damage while protecting their team.
Zeke's Convergence
Boosts allies Attack Damage
+40 Armor
+350 Max Health
+150 Max Mana
+15 Ability Haste
Harbinger: Casting your ultimate surrounds you with a blizzard and ignites a nearby ally's attacks for 10 seconds. Your blizzard deals a maximum of 320–600 damage, slows enemies by 25% and leaves a trail behind you. Allied champions on the trail gain 40 bonus Movement Speed for 1 second. (30s Cooldown)
2700
Zeke's Convergence TIPS: This item is perfect for tanky support champions who initiate fights and provide frontline crowd control. It grants armor, health, mana, and ability haste. When you cast your ultimate, an icy blizzard surrounds you, dealing damage and slowing enemies, while leaving a trail that grants bonus movement speed to allies. During the effect, the attacks of a nearby marked ally deal additional magic damage, giving your team a powerful advantage in teamfights.
Zeke's Convergence — This item is perfect for tanky support champions who initiate fights and provide frontline crowd control. It grants armor, health, mana, and ability haste. When you cast your ultimate, an icy blizzard surrounds you, dealing damage and slowing enemies, while leaving a trail that grants bonus movement speed to allies. During the effect, the attacks of a nearby marked ally deal additional magic damage, giving your team a powerful advantage in teamfights.
Gargoyle Stoneplate
Shield
+200 Max Health
+45 Armor
+45 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Stoneplate (Active): Gain a base shield that absorbs damage equal to 100 plus 90% bonus
and gain size, decayng over 2.5s. (60s Cooldown)
2900
Gargoyle Stoneplate TIPS: This item greatly increases your survivability during teamfights. Its active grants a powerful shield that scales with your bonus Health, allowing you to withstand heavy focus fire and remain on the frontline longer. It is an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb large amounts of damage while protecting their team.
Abyssal Mask
Reduces the Magic Resist of nearby enemies and increases yours
+400 Max Health
+55 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Unmake: Curse enemy champions within 600 units, reducing their Magic Resist by 5 plus 1.2% bonus
, up to 25 Magic Resist. For each enemy champion cursed, gain 9 bonus Magic Resist.
3000
Abyssal Mask TIPS: This item is a solid anti-magic pickup: it boosts your magic resistance while reducing the magic resist of nearby enemies, making them easier to shred with spell damage. Great for tanks and frontliners who need to both soak magic damage and amplify their team’s ability to take down AP threats and durable targets.
Abyssal Mask — This item is a solid anti-magic pickup: it boosts your magic resistance while reducing the magic resist of nearby enemies, making them easier to shred with spell damage. Great for tanks and frontliners who need to both soak magic damage and amplify their team’s ability to take down AP threats and durable targets.
Gargoyle Stoneplate
Shield
+200 Max Health
+45 Armor
+45 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Stoneplate (Active): Gain a base shield that absorbs damage equal to 100 plus 90% bonus
and gain size, decayng over 2.5s. (60s Cooldown)
2900
Gargoyle Stoneplate TIPS: This item greatly increases your survivability during teamfights. Its active grants a powerful shield that scales with your bonus Health, allowing you to withstand heavy focus fire and remain on the frontline longer. It is an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb large amounts of damage while protecting their team.
Force of Nature
Stacking Magic Resist and Move Speed
+350 Max Health
+60 Magic Resistance
+5% Move Speed
Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds, max 4 stacks. Receiving damage from an enemy Champion will refresh the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 10% Movement Speed and reduce all incoming magic damage by 20%.
2750
Force of Nature TIPS: This item provides a substantial boost to health and magic resistance, and its “Absorb” passive stacks up when you take ability damage from enemy champions, reducing all incoming magic damage and granting bonus movement speed at max stacks. It’s perfect for tanks who need to withstand teams heavy in magic damage and maintain mobility to be in the right position during fights. Pick this up when the enemy team builds magic damage (e.g., Syndra, Brand) and you need extra movement speed to initiate effectively or escape dangerous situations.
Force of Nature — This item provides a substantial boost to health and magic resistance, and its “Absorb” passive stacks up when you take ability damage from enemy champions, reducing all incoming magic damage and granting bonus movement speed at max stacks. It’s perfect for tanks who need to withstand teams heavy in magic damage and maintain mobility to be in the right position during fights. Pick this up when the enemy team builds magic damage (e.g., Syndra, Brand) and you need extra movement speed to initiate effectively or escape dangerous situations.
Gargoyle Stoneplate
Shield
+200 Max Health
+45 Armor
+45 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Stoneplate (Active): Gain a base shield that absorbs damage equal to 100 plus 90% bonus
and gain size, decayng over 2.5s. (60s Cooldown)
2900
Gargoyle Stoneplate TIPS: This item greatly increases your survivability during teamfights. Its active grants a powerful shield that scales with your bonus Health, allowing you to withstand heavy focus fire and remain on the frontline longer. It is an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb large amounts of damage while protecting their team.
Knight's Vow
Redirect damage to yourself and restore Health
+400 Max Health
+40 Armor
+10 Ability Haste
Pledge: While in combat, deal magic damage equal to 20–30 plus 1% of bonus Health per second for 5 second(s) to nearby enemies. Deals 125% damage against monsters and 200% damage against minions.
Sacrifice: Killing a neutral monster or an enemy deals magic damage equal to 30 plus 2% of bonus Health in an area around them.
2500
Knight's Vow TIPS: This item lets you act as a protective anchor for a designated ally: some of the damage they take is redirected to you, and you heal when that ally deals damage. Perfect for tanky supports and peel-focused bruisers who want to keep a carry safe — it provides a reliable way to soak focus, sustain through fights, and maintain teamfight presence.
Knight's Vow — This item lets you act as a protective anchor for a designated ally: some of the damage they take is redirected to you, and you heal when that ally deals damage. Perfect for tanky supports and peel-focused bruisers who want to keep a carry safe — it provides a reliable way to soak focus, sustain through fights, and maintain teamfight presence.
Gargoyle Stoneplate
Shield
+200 Max Health
+45 Armor
+45 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Stoneplate (Active): Gain a base shield that absorbs damage equal to 100 plus 90% bonus
and gain size, decayng over 2.5s. (60s Cooldown)
2900
Gargoyle Stoneplate TIPS: This item greatly increases your survivability during teamfights. Its active grants a powerful shield that scales with your bonus Health, allowing you to withstand heavy focus fire and remain on the frontline longer. It is an excellent choice for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb large amounts of damage while protecting their team.
Frozen Heart
Reduces all nearby enemies Attack Speed
+80 Armor
+250 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Basic attacks and magic damage caused by you or inflicted upon you and nearby allies, will apply stacks of Chill to the enemy champion for 3 seconds. Each stack of Chill slows enemy attack speed by 9%, up to a maximum of 4 stacks or 36% attack speed reduction. Each individual ability has a 3 seconds cooldown on applying Chill stacks.
2650
Frozen Heart TIPS: This item is ideal for tanks and support champions who need to slow enemy attack speed and maintain a healthy mana pool. It provides substantial bonuses to armor, mana, and ability haste. The “Winter’s Caress” passive applies up to four stacks of Chill on enemy champions through your basic attacks, abilities, or any magic damage they take—each stack slows their attack speed by 9%, up to 36% at full stacks. This weakens enemy marksmen and fighters, making it harder for them to deal sustained damage in fights.
Frozen Heart — This item is ideal for tanks and support champions who need to slow enemy attack speed and maintain a healthy mana pool. It provides substantial bonuses to armor, mana, and ability haste. The “Winter’s Caress” passive applies up to four stacks of Chill on enemy champions through your basic attacks, abilities, or any magic damage they take—each stack slows their attack speed by 9%, up to 36% at full stacks. This weakens enemy marksmen and fighters, making it harder for them to deal sustained damage in fights.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability
+60 Armor
+60 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor
by 30% and Magic Resistance
by 30% until out of combat with champion.
3100
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.
Randuin's Omen
Counters Critical Strike Damage
+400 Max Health
+75 Armor
Resilience: Critically Struck deal 30% less damage to you.
Countercurrent: Gain 1 stacks of Countercurrent when Critically Struck by physical damage. Each stuck grants 5% Movement Speed and 5% slow resist. Max 4 stacks.
2800
Randuin's Omen TIPS: This item is built to counter crit-heavy builds. It provides a large health pool and armor while reducing damage from critical strikes, making you much tougher in head-on engagements. When you are critically struck, you gain stacks that boost your movement and slow resistance, helping you hold position and control fight spacing. — Perfect for tanks and bruisers who need to stand up to high-crit auto-attackers and survive extended teamfights.
Randuin's Omen — This item is built to counter crit-heavy builds. It provides a large health pool and armor while reducing damage from critical strikes, making you much tougher in head-on engagements. When you are critically struck, you gain stacks that boost your movement and slow resistance, helping you hold position and control fight spacing. — Perfect for tanks and bruisers who need to stand up to high-crit auto-attackers and survive extended teamfights.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability
+60 Armor
+60 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor
by 30% and Magic Resistance
by 30% until out of combat with champion.
3100
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.
Warmog's Armor
Out of combat Heath Regen
+700 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+20 Ability Haste
Warmog's Heart: If you have at least 950 bonus Health, restore 3.5% Health per second if you haven't taken damage within the last 5 seconds.
Blessed: Increases all healing and shielding effects on you by 30%.
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Warmog's Armor TIPS: This item is a top survivability pickup: it grants a massive health pool and strong out-of-combat regeneration, letting you recover quickly between fights. It also amplifies healing and shields, making you much harder to finish off. Perfect for tanks and bruisers who need high survivability and fast recovery after engagements.
Warmog's Armor — This item is a top survivability pickup: it grants a massive health pool and strong out-of-combat regeneration, letting you recover quickly between fights. It also amplifies healing and shields, making you much harder to finish off. Perfect for tanks and bruisers who need high survivability and fast recovery after engagements.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability
+60 Armor
+60 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor
by 30% and Magic Resistance
by 30% until out of combat with champion.
3100
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who spend a lot of time in the thick of fights and need extra durability and crowd control resistance. It provides bonuses to armor and magic resistance. The “Endurance” passive stacks up to five times during combat, and at full stacks you increase in size, gain enhanced tenacity, and receive bonus armor and magic resistance until you exit combat. This allows you to stay in the frontline longer and withstand enemy attacks more effectively. Due to its versatile utility, this item is one of the most popular defensive choices in the game and is used by the majority of tanks, fighters, and other classes.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing
+200 Max Health
+75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor
+ 1% bonus Health
magic damage to the attacker.
Entwine: Apply 50% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 second(s) when stuck by their attacks or dealing damage to them.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
2700
Thornmail TIPS: This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Thornmail — This item reflects a portion of incoming physical damage back to attackers as magic damage and applies an effect that reduces enemy healing effectiveness. A strong pick versus teams with heavy auto-attack damage and sustain — ideal for tanks and bruisers who need to absorb focus and cut down opponent healing.
Flash (Teleport a short distance) and
Heal (Restore Health to you and the most wounded nearby ally champion) as your Summoner Spells.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Heal
Restore 110 Health (110–400
) to you and the most wounded nearby ally champion, and grants both of you 30% bonus Movement Speed for 2 second(s).
Healing is halved for champions recently affected by Heal.
Cooldown: 100s
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380
) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Ice Overlord (Immobilizing an enemy champion causes beams to form around them, slowing them. After that, you gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.) as your keystone, followed by
Unshakeable (Gain Armor and Magic Resist. When fully stacked, gain Slow Resist.),
Second Wind (Heals you after taking damage.) and
Overgrowth (Gains bonus scalable max Health.) in the primary tree, as well as
Hextech Flashtraption (Able to dash multiple times even after using Flash.) in the secondary tree. Below you can see possible options for replacing runes.
Ice Overlord
Control, Slow
Immobilizing an enemy champion causes 3 beams to form around them, creating ice beneath them for 3 second(s) and slowing enemies inside. The slow lingers on enemies for 1.5 second(s) after they’ve left the ice zone. Gain a protective layer of ice around yourself, increasing your defenses. After a brief delay, the ice explodes, dealing a burst of magic damage around you.
Slow: (1% of your bonus Health + 15%).
Defenses: 35 + 75% bonus Armor and Magic Resist. Lasts 2.5 second(s).
Magic damage: 15–100 (
) + 5% max![]()
Cooldown: 20s
Unshakeable
Increase Armor, Magic Resist, and Slow Resist
Gain 3% Armor and Magic Resistance. For every 1 enemy champion(s) nearby, gain an additional 2% Armor and Magic Resistance. If the max number of enemy champions are nearby (max: 3), you also gain 20% Slow Resist.
Second Wind
Increase sustain
Gain 5 Health
every 5 seconds.
After taking damage from an enemy champion, regenerate 3 + (1.5% of your missing health)
over the next 5 seconds. This effect is doubled for melee champions.
Overgrowth
Increase max Health
For every 3 enemy minions or 3 monster(s) killed nearby, permanently gain 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely this way. Gain an additional 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Hextech Flashtraption
Gain short-range movement while Flash is on cooldown
While Flash is on cooldown, it is replaced by Hexflash. Dash a distance based on charge time (max 2s). Entering combat with enemy champions to trigger a 6-second cooldown.
Cooldown: 18s
Ice Overlord
Control, Slow
Immobilizing an enemy champion causes 3 beams to form around them, creating ice beneath them for 3 second(s) and slowing enemies inside. The slow lingers on enemies for 1.5 second(s) after they’ve left the ice zone. Gain a protective layer of ice around yourself, increasing your defenses. After a brief delay, the ice explodes, dealing a burst of magic damage around you.
Slow: (1% of your bonus Health + 15%).
Defenses: 35 + 75% bonus Armor and Magic Resist. Lasts 2.5 second(s).
Magic damage: 15–100 (
) + 5% max![]()
Cooldown: 20s
Phase Rush
Mobility, Ability Haste
Using basic attacks or abilities on an enemy champion 3 time(s) within 4s grants
Movement Speed and reduces the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.
Duration: 3s.
Movement Speed bonus: Melee - 40%-60% (
) | Ranged - 20-35% (
).
Ability Haste: 10.
Slow Resist: 60%.
Cooldown: 21-7s (
)
Phase Rush — The rune is perfect for champions who actively use their abilities in fights and need increased mobility, such as Ezreal or Camille. It provides a significant movement speed boost after hitting the enemy with several attacks, allowing you to escape or chase down opponents effectively. It also reduces the cooldown of abilities, making heroes more flexible and dangerous in combat. It is especially useful for champions with high mobility who need to quickly reposition.
Unshakeable
Increase Armor, Magic Resist, and Slow Resist
Gain 3% Armor and Magic Resistance. For every 1 enemy champion(s) nearby, gain an additional 2% Armor and Magic Resistance. If the max number of enemy champions are nearby (max: 3), you also gain 20% Slow Resist.
Courage of the Colossus
Immobilize enemies to gain shields
Gains a shield that absorbs up to 25-45 (
) + 1% of max Health
for 3s when immobilizing an enemy champion.
Cooldown: 18s
Courage of the Colossus — The rune grants a shield that absorbs damage when you immobilize an enemy champion. The shield scales with your maximum health, making it perfect for champions with high survivability. It is especially useful for tanks or fighters who frequently control enemies and are at the center of fights. The rune helps improve survivability by providing additional protection when using crowd control abilities.
Second Wind
Increase sustain
Gain 5 Health
every 5 seconds.
After taking damage from an enemy champion, regenerate 3 + (1.5% of your missing health)
over the next 5 seconds. This effect is doubled for melee champions.
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 (
) less damage.
Cooldown: 40s
Bone Plating — The rune reduces damage from enemy attacks and abilities when you take damage from an enemy champion. It lowers damage from the next few attacks or abilities for a short period, making it useful for most champions, including tanks, fighters, and even some mages. The rune helps improve survivability by mitigating damage in critical moments of the fight, making it suitable for heroes who find themselves in the heart of battles.
Overgrowth
Increase max Health
For every 3 enemy minions or 3 monster(s) killed nearby, permanently gain 3 max Health. Max Health can be increased indefinitely this way. Gain an additional 3% max Health upon reaching 30 stacks.
Perseverance
Increase survivability when crowd controlled
Gain 10% Tenacity. Gain 10-15 Armor and Magic Resistance (
) for 1.5 seconds when mmobilized. Refresh duration time when immobilized multiple times.
Perseverance — The rune increases your tenacity by 10%. When immobilized, it grants you bonus armor and magic resistance for a short period. The effect refreshes if you are immobilized multiple times, making the rune especially useful for champions who often find themselves under crowd control. It is ideal for tanks and fighters, enhancing their survivability in fights when they are subjected to multiple crowd control effects.
Hextech Flashtraption
Gain short-range movement while Flash is on cooldown
While Flash is on cooldown, it is replaced by Hexflash. Dash a distance based on charge time (max 2s). Entering combat with enemy champions to trigger a 6-second cooldown.
Cooldown: 18s
Nimbus Cloak
Spells increase Movement Speed
After using a Spell (Flash, Ignite, etc.), 10% - 40% movement bonus for 3 seconds. The speedup effectiveness depends on the Spell's cooldown.
Nimbus Cloak — The rune grants a movement speed bonus after casting a Summoner Spell, increasing your speed for a few seconds. The effectiveness of the speed boost depends on the cooldown of the Summoner Spell. This rune is useful for champions who actively use their summoner spells for mobility, such as assassins or mages, as it allows for quick movement across the map and faster maneuvers after casting spells.
(Q) PULVERIZE
13.5/12/10.5/9s
65/70/75/80
Deals 60 magic damage (60/110/160/210 + 50%
) to nearby enemies and knocks them up for 1 second(s)
Knock-up radius: 275.
(W) HEADBUTT
13.5/12/10.5/9s
65/70/75/80
Dashes toward an enemy, dealing 50 magic damage (50/120/190/260 + 60%
) and knocking them back.
May target turrets to deal 75% bonus damage.
(E) TRAMPLE
11.5/11/10.5/10s
50/60/70/80
Deals 100 magic damage (100/150/200/250 + 40%
) to nearby enemies over 5 seconds.
If Trample damages an enemy champion 5 times, Alistar's next attack within 5 seconds is empowered to deal an additional 40 magic damage (
) and stuns for 1 second.
Only one stack can be gained per tick.
(R) UNBREAKABLE WILL
75/65/55s
100
Removes crowd control effects and gain 55/65/75% damage reduction for 7 seconds.
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Support ALISTAR. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Support ALISTAR in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380
) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Executioner's Calling
Physical Damage reduces enemy healing
+15 Attack Damage
Rend: Physical Damage inflicts 40% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds. Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
800
Oblivion Orb
Magic damage reduces enemy healing
+35 Ability Power
Cursed Wounds: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions applies 40% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
800
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing
+25 Attack Damage
+25% Critical Rate
+15% Attack Speed
Last Whisper:
+30% Armor Penetration. Attacks that Critically Strike gain an additional
6% Armor Penetration.
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
3300
Mortal Reminder TIPS: This item is perfect for auto‑attackers who need to shred through armor and cut down enemy healing. It boosts your penetration to deal more damage against tanky targets and applies grievous wounds on hit, reducing all healing and regen effects. — Ideal against tanks and high‑heal champions, and for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters who need to pierce defenses and curb enemy sustain.
Chempunk Chainsword
Reduces enemy healing
+400 Max Health
+45 Attack Damage
+15 Ability Haste
Punishment: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
2800
Chempunk Chainsword TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who face enemies with high sustain, such as Dr. Mundo, Soraka, and Yuumi, who have significant healing abilities. The "Punishment" effect applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of healing and regeneration by 50%, making this item effective against champions who rely on healing. It’s also useful against champions who rely on lifesteal, such as Aatrox, Darius, and Fiora, as it helps reduce the effectiveness of their healing.
Morellonomicon
Magic damage reduces enemy healing
+300 Max Health
+75 Ability Power
+15 Ability Haste
Affliction: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions inflicts 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
2650
Morellonomicon TIPS: This item is designed to counter champions with strong healing and sustain. Any magic damage you deal applies Grievous Wounds, greatly reducing the effectiveness of enemy healing and regeneration. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP supports against teams that rely heavily on healing, lifesteal, or regeneration.
Spellslinger's Shoes
Deal bonus damage to minions
+40 Ability Power
+18 Magic Penetration
+8% Magic Penetration
+100% Mana Regeneration
+45 Move Speed
Equilibrium: Champions without Mana gain 50% base Health Regen.
Big Bully: Attacks and active abilities deal 22 bonus true damage to minions.
2200
Spellslinger's Shoes TIPS: These boots greatly increase your magic damage through a combination of Ability Power and both flat and percentage magic penetration. The high mana regeneration allows for frequent spell casting, while the bonus true damage to minions significantly improves wave clear. Champions without Mana instead gain increased health regeneration. They are an excellent choice for mages and AP supports who value strong damage, constant lane pressure, and efficient farming.
Armorcrusher Boots
Gain out-of-combat Movement Speed
+25 Attack Damage
+12 Armor Penetration
+6% Armor Penetration
+45 Move Speed
Cloudwalker: Gain 20 out-of combat Move Speed.
2200
Armorcrusher Boots TIPS: These boots greatly increase your physical damage by providing bonus Attack Damage along with both flat and percentage armor penetration. The additional out-of-combat movement speed allows you to rotate around the map faster, chase enemies more effectively, and respond to fights more quickly. They are an excellent choice for marksmen, assassins, and fighters who value high mobility and maximum damage against armored targets.
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing
+25 Attack Damage
+25% Critical Rate
+15% Attack Speed
Last Whisper:
+30% Armor Penetration. Attacks that Critically Strike gain an additional
6% Armor Penetration.
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
3300
Mortal Reminder TIPS: This item is perfect for auto‑attackers who need to shred through armor and cut down enemy healing. It boosts your penetration to deal more damage against tanky targets and applies grievous wounds on hit, reducing all healing and regen effects. — Ideal against tanks and high‑heal champions, and for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters who need to pierce defenses and curb enemy sustain.
Serylda’s Grudge
Armor Penetration (%) and apply slows
+40 Attack Damage
+15 Ability Haste
Last Whisper: Gain
+33% Armor Penetration.
Icy: Damaging active abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies by 30% for 1 second.
Frostbite: Apply Frostbite to enemies slowed by Icy for 6s. At 3 Frostbite stacks, all stacks are consumed to apply bleed, dealing (5 + 1-15 (
) + 15% bonus
) physical damage over 2s. Also applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3s. (5s cooldown per target)
3300
Serylda’s Grudge TIPS: This item blends heavy armor penetration with crowd control: your active abilities and empowered hits slow targets, and repeated slows trigger a bleed that also applies grievous wounds. Perfect for champions who need to kite, execute priority targets, and curb their healing.
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist
+40 Attack Damage
+30% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 35 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist
for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant
11% Armor Pen and
11% Magic Pen for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. While you have this item, bonus
Armor Pen and
Magic Pen granted by it is capped at 40%.
3300
Terminus TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who rely heavily on auto-attacks and can benefit from mixed penetration effects and stacking resistances. It provides bonuses to attack damage and attack speed, and adds bonus magic damage to your auto-attacks. The "Juxtaposition" effect alternates between Light and Dark on-hits, granting you bonuses to resistances or penetration depending on which effect is triggered. Light attacks grant armor and magic resist, while Dark attacks grant armor and magic penetration. This item is especially useful for champions who auto-attack frequently and can take advantage of the stacking resistances and penetration effects.
Dominik’s Regards
Already equipped with percentage armor penetration and bonus damage, but lacks durability
+25 Attack Damage
+36% Armor Penetration
+25% Critical Rate
Giant Slayer: Deal bonus damage based on the target’s bonus Health. At 1500 bonus Health, the bonus damage is increased up to 15%.
3300
Dominik’s Regards TIPS: Is built to punish bulky foes. It converts a chunk of your offensive power into armor penetration and adds bonus damage that scales with the enemy’s extra health, making it a go-to pick when the enemy team stacks HP and armor. Because it focuses on penetration and damage rather than survivability, use it when you need to cut through tanky targets quickly while relying on positioning or teammates for protection.
Void Staff
Magic Penetration (%)
+95 Ability Power
+40% Magic Penetration
3000
Void Staff TIPS: This item is the premier choice against enemies stacking magic resistance. It greatly increases the effectiveness of your spells through powerful magic penetration, allowing you to deal consistent damage even to the toughest targets. An excellent pickup for any mage once the enemy team starts investing in magic resistance.
Cryptbloom
Restore health on champion kill
+75 Ability Power
+30% Magic Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Life from Death: When a champion that you damaged within 3s dies, a nova spreads from their corpse that restores 100 plus 20%
Health to allies. (60s Cooldown)
3000
Cryptbloom TIPS: This item combines powerful magic penetration with valuable team utility. In addition to boosting your spell damage, champions you recently damaged release a healing nova upon death, restoring health to nearby allies. It is an excellent choice for mages who want to deal heavy damage while providing extra sustain for their team during extended teamfights.
Divine Sunderer
Anti-Health attacks
+425 Max Health
+25 Attack Damage
+25 Ability Haste
Spellblade: After using an ability, your next attack within 10 seconds deals (10% melee / 7% ranged) of target’s maximum health as bonus physical damage. If the target is a champion, heal for (6% melee / 2.5% ranged) of the target's maximum health. (1.5s Cooldown) Damage is reduced vs structure.
3400
Divine Sunderer TIPS: This item offers a strong blend of survivability and damage: after using an ability your next basic attack is empowered to deal bonus damage based on the target’s max health, and it heals you when used on enemy champions. Perfect for fighter-bruisiers and solo laners who weave abilities into autos and need sustain versus tanks and duelists.
Liandry's Torment
Abilities deal bonus damage
+300 Max Health
+70 Ability Power
Torment: Damaging abilities and empowered attacks burn enemies for 2% max Health magic damage for 3 seconds.
Madness: Deals 2% more damage for each second in combat against champions, capped at 6% after 3 seconds.
3000
Liandry's Torment TIPS: This item excels in extended fights. Your abilities and empowered attacks ignite enemies, dealing damage over time based on their maximum health, while your overall damage steadily increases the longer you remain in combat. It is an excellent choice for damage-over-time mages and AP bruisers who want to wear down even the toughest frontline champions.
Blade of the Ruined King
Attacks deal bonus damage
+40 Attack Damage
+35% Attack Speed
Thirst:
+10% Omni Vamp.
Ruined Strikes: Attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 7%
of the enemy's current Health
on-hit. (Melee attacks deal 10%). Minion damage: 15. Max damage vs monsters: 60.
Drain: Hitting a champion with 3 attacks or abilities deals 30-100 bonus magic damage and steals 25% of their Move Speed
for 2 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
3000
Blade of the Ruined King TIPS: This item is a powerful tool for shredding enemy health and staying alive in extended fights. It grants attack power and attack speed, turning your basic hits into sustained damage that scales with the target’s current health — ideal against tanks and high-HP builds. Its active grants a strong slow and steals movement speed from the target, helping you chase or lock down priority targets. The lifesteal-like sustain it provides makes it a solid pick for champions who want to outlast opponents in prolonged exchanges.
Quicksilver Sash
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.25 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): When the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects.
1100
Quicksilver Sash TIPS: This enchant instantly removes most crowd control effects and briefly grants immunity to further disables. Once the effect ends, it provides increased resistance to crowd control and slows, helping you escape dangerous situations or continue fighting without interruption. It is an excellent choice against teams with heavy crowd control, allowing you to stay mobile and effective in crucial moments.
Seeker's Armguard
Turn invulnerable
+20 Armor
+35 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown)
1200
Seeker's Armguard TIPS: This item combines Ability Power with extra defense, but its defining feature is the ability to become temporarily invulnerable. Its active effect lets you completely avoid lethal damage, dodge crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to return. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to survive burst damage and outplay opponents in critical teamfights.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Turn invulnerable
+40 Armor
+110 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (90s Cooldown)
3300
Zhonya's Hourglass TIPS: This item combines high Ability Power with extra armor, while its defining feature is the ability to become completely invulnerable for a short time. Its active effect allows you to survive lethal damage, avoid crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to recover. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to outlive enemy focus and turn the tide of a teamfight.
Mercurial Scimitar
Dispels crowd control
+45 Attack Damage
+10% Physical Vamp
+40 Magic Resistance
Quicksilver Sash (Active): Removes all crowd control debuffs from you and grants immunity to crowd control for 0.25s.
Perseverance (Passive): When the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects.
3100
Mercurial Scimitar TIPS: This item is designed to counter crowd control. Its active removes most disabling effects and briefly grants immunity to follow-up control, while the passive provides additional resistance to crowd control and slows once the effect ends. It is an excellent choice for marksmen, fighters, and assassins who need to maintain their mobility and keep dealing damage against heavy-CC team compositions.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability
+250 Max Health
+50 Attack Damage
Gouge:
+8 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown)
3000
Edge of Night TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need a mix of offense and defense. It provides bonuses to maximum health and attack damage, along with increased armor penetration to help you shred through enemy defenses. The "Annul" effect grants you a spell shield, blocking the next enemy ability. This spell shield refreshes when leaving combat with enemy champions, making the item a great choice for champions who need protection from crowd control and to engage in fights, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Banshee's Veil
Blocks an enemy ability
+105 Ability Power
+40 Magic Resistance
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. (30s Cooldown)
3000
Banshee's Veil TIPS: This item provides strong protection against magic damage while granting a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. It is especially effective against champions who rely on landing a single key spell to start their combo or burst you down. A great choice for mages and AP fighters who need to maintain safe positioning and deny enemy engage or pick potential.
Cleanse
Removes disables (including spell debuffs) affecting your champion and grants immunity to disables for 0.25 seconds.
Cooldown: 110s
TRIUMPHANT ROAR
PULVERIZE
HEADBUTT
TRAMPLE
UNBREAKABLE WILL

When Alistar takes damage, he heals himself for 27 - 160 (+9.5
) and nearby allied champions for 54 - 320 (+19
).
Knocking up or stunning champions with Alistar's abilities reduces the cooldown by 10 seconds. (Cooldown 40s.)

11.5/11/10.5/10s
50/60/70/80
Deals 100 magic damage (100/150/200/250 + 40%
) to nearby enemies over 5 seconds.
If Trample damages an enemy champion 5 times, Alistar's next attack within 5 seconds is empowered to deal an additional 40 magic damage (
) and stuns for 1 second.
Only one stack can be gained per tick.
Use this combo when you want to knock-up multiple targets at the same time.
Use (W) HEADBUTT to knock back your first target into the second one. Then (Q) PULVERIZE and FLASH immediately to knock up both targets. Do not buffer your (Q) in this combo otherwise you will fail the FLASH combo.