RIP Alistar :/

Sooooo...... The new update made game even less atractive. The first straw was the runes update which in my case made my main champion, Alistar, a little less OP at the beginning of the game. Having that additional ~30 armor I got from full armor runes was really OP in most of the cases and made this champion very strong considering the amount of CC he has. Soo... After the new runes arrived I was in a little shock but it wasnt that bad.... Until now...
Usually my most ultimate to go build was Red Sightstone which gave Hp and 20% CDR for items and these were the core items, 20% CDR was very powerful boost for every support, because of or any other item with active skills. and + was one of the best possible builds for Alistar support because it has tremendous push and retreat power and also a lot of roaming ability - just the way this champ was designed in the first place. Alistar is position champ - you need to know the map and understand how the enemy moves in certain situation to use all your CC skills as best as possible. To do so you need to outrun your enemy and get behind them or at least to the side of them... It was so easy with speed boost from Talisman, also it was very good item to start pushing turrets, diving, or retreating not only as solo player but also as a team.

And now the two key items are removed.. And once very OP (even in jungle lol..yes with new patches, still kicking good..) champion now is left with mainly nothing. these two items you removed basically nerfed Alistar for at least ~40% of his potential as a good support. Now I cant get in the position as easy as I did before this update. Not to mention that it is nearly impossible to run away from or to catch up to some ADCs that has speed boosts..

Not only you made this champion very hard to play as a team player, I cant find a good substitute for that build, because a support needs to support his team not only be a Tank. Alistar now is hardly a support he has CC that he cant really use in any other way, then combo or flash+combo anything else is just pointless because with every hit he lose speed boost from boots and without any active speed boost item he is left without any other cards..

Without 20% additional item CDR (+ from runes) redemption and other active skill items are a little out of the question, because it is better to go full tank route. But this also means that you are less atractive for a team who need those items and other benefits a support give for a team.
Now there was also a very good item used for pushing and defending it is still useable but with 20% CDR you could have 2 of these running at the same time which was pretty good for defending the lane when it is in need. Now this item also got a little more nerf..

All in all, you nerfed pretty much every support in the game and nerfed a lot.. Because movement speed is the most important thing in this game. The ability to control the map is the most important, especially for a support class which is responsible for vision and now it got nerfed pretty much.. Without additional speed support is nothing...

Without speed, tank supports are looking less and less atractive doesnt matter which elo it is.