I honestly think that Alistar's passive is very lack luster. Call me old fashioned but I like to play him as a mostly tanky support, but with his passive scaling off ap it makes it seem kinda useless. I'm not saying that I want it to do a lot of damage, but it's damage is incredibly minuscule, so I was wondering what if you were to make it scale off health or armor, because overall it kinda just makes sense considering that he's supposed to be a damage soaking tank.
Blue Collar Bear1 votesTry building Liandry's on him and think of him as an AP support. You start to do plenty of damage in team fights.
In all honesty, I think him as more of a tanky laner. His specification is not support. It is tank. So, in a solo lane, you can very effectively push a wave with just one ability if you've built even a minor amount of ap.
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Try building Liandry's on him and think of him as an AP support. You start to do plenty of damage in team fights.
In all honesty, I think him as more of a tanky laner. His specification is not support. It is tank. So, in a solo lane, you can very effectively push a wave with just one ability if you've built even a minor amount of ap.
I guess. I still just feel like it could give him more direction and benefits as not JUST a top laner though.
Blue Collar Bear1 votesWell, that's all about how you apply him. He is tanky as hell without building tank items. He can split push, and sustain for days.
Who does that do the best against? It does well against champions who cannot outpush you, nor out sustain you (i.e. a good mix of champions in the mid lane). His abilities do not really shine in a support role, as his self sustain and pushing powers are not really valued in that role. It could just be that his passive is underrated, because nobody plays him in a solo lane.
However, I do agree that his passive feels underwhelming. I'd like it if it either gave him a decaying movement speed buff, or a slow.
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Well, that's all about how you apply him. He is tanky as hell without building tank items. He can split push, and sustain for days.
Who does that do the best against? It does well against champions who cannot outpush you, nor out sustain you (i.e. a good mix of champions in the mid lane). His abilities do not really shine in a support role, as his self sustain and pushing powers are not really valued in that role. It could just be that his passive is underrated, because nobody plays him in a solo lane.
However, I do agree that his passive feels underwhelming. I'd like it if it either gave him a decaying movement speed buff, or a slow.
Yeah, I guess that makes sense. I'll have to try it out, then. It might take a little to get used to for me but looking at it now it might work a little better. Thanks for the insight ^^
Blue Collar Bear1 votesI just played him in a game as a smite support (i.e. roaming support jungler, huehue). After the laning phase, I really just split pushed and made plays. The passive helped a lot with that, having only a few items.