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// Recommended builds

The best trait and item combination at every level, 2 stars, by effective health.

Level 6Gargoyle StoneplateSpirit VisageDragon's Claw15,562effective health
Brawler 4
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Level 7Gargoyle StoneplateSpirit VisageDragon's Claw15,562effective health
Brawler 4
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Level 8Gargoyle StoneplateSpirit VisageDragon's Claw17,366effective health
Brawler 6
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Level 9Gargoyle StoneplateSpirit VisageDragon's Claw17,366effective health
Brawler 6
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Level 10Gargoyle StoneplateSpirit VisageDragon's Claw17,366effective health
Brawler 6
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Every level and star level below

// Top items

What each item adds on its own, in effective health, with no other item.

Sterak's Gage+1,735
Gargoyle Stoneplate+1,626
Warmog's Armor+1,604
Bloodthirster+1,297
Crownguard+1,244
Protector's Vow+1,241
Spirit Visage+1,229
Steadfast Heart+1,150
Evenshroud+1,106
Dragon's Claw+1,067
Bramble Vest+970
Adaptive Helm+917

Builds by level

Every combination of Alistar's own traits that a comp of the chosen level can reach, ranked by the effective health of its best defensive build under the chosen incoming damage stream (half physical, half magic). Numbers open the Tank Calculator with the same inputs. Levels 4 to 7 only use champions you can find at that level: up to 2-costs at level 4, 3-costs at levels 5 and 6, 4-costs at level 7.

Level
Stars
Damage per second
Debuffs on the tank
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#TraitsBest buildEffective health · no itemsEffective health · with buildDeathOpen
Brawler 6Gargoyle StoneplateSpirit VisageDragon's Claw4,60617,366survives the roundCalculatorFind the comp
Brawler 6Elderwood 3Gargoyle StoneplateSpirit VisageDragon's Claw4,60617,366survives the roundCalculatorFind the comp
Brawler 4Gargoyle StoneplateSpirit VisageDragon's Claw3,93715,562survives the roundCalculatorFind the comp
Brawler 4Elderwood 3Gargoyle StoneplateSpirit VisageDragon's Claw3,93715,562survives the roundCalculatorFind the comp
Elderwood 5Brawler 4Gargoyle StoneplateSpirit VisageDragon's Claw3,93715,562survives the roundCalculatorFind the comp
Brawler 2Gargoyle StoneplateWarmog's ArmorSpirit Visage3,53513,597dies at 23 sCalculatorFind the comp
Elderwood 3Brawler 2Gargoyle StoneplateWarmog's ArmorSpirit Visage3,53513,597dies at 23 sCalculatorFind the comp
Elderwood 5Brawler 2Gargoyle StoneplateWarmog's ArmorSpirit Visage3,53513,597dies at 23 sCalculatorFind the comp
Elderwood 7Brawler 2Gargoyle StoneplateWarmog's ArmorSpirit Visage3,53513,597dies at 23 sCalculatorFind the comp
No traitsGargoyle StoneplateWarmog's ArmorSpirit Visage2,48010,284dies at 17 sCalculatorFind the comp
Elderwood 3Gargoyle StoneplateWarmog's ArmorSpirit Visage2,48010,284dies at 17 sCalculatorFind the comp
Elderwood 5Gargoyle StoneplateWarmog's ArmorSpirit Visage2,48010,284dies at 17 sCalculatorFind the comp
Elderwood 7Gargoyle StoneplateWarmog's ArmorSpirit Visage2,48010,284dies at 17 sCalculatorFind the comp

// Cast timeline

1.00 smana lock per cast
1.00 scast windoweffect 0.50 s

From the mana bar filling until mana can come in again. No mana comes in during this time.

0 / 90mana at start / to cast
+5mana per attack
0.60attacks per second
0.26 sattack delay: from the start of an attack until it hits
0.44 safter the hit until it can cast or attack again
0.0 s0.60 attacks/s0/90
  • attack animation
  • attack lands
  • attack recovery
  • cast window (mana locked)
  • effect

First cast at 29.04 s with 0.60 attacks per second. Items, traits and damage taken change the mana pace; the cast, effect and channel windows do not.

Step by step, in words
  1. Mana reaches 90/90: the cast starts and the mana lock goes on (no mana from attacks, ticks or damage taken).
  2. 0.00 to 1.00 s: cast window. The unit plays its cast animation and its return to idle; it cannot auto attack.
  3. 0.50 s: the ability's effect fires (projectile launch, damage, shield...).
  4. 1.00 s: unlock. Mana starts again (overflow kept) and a fresh attack starts from zero; it lands at 1.26 s at base attack speed (the attack delay is 16% of the attack animation).
  5. Attack loop: the attack lands at 16% of the attack animation (mana granted) and unlocks at 42%; a cast that becomes possible at the landing starts at that unlock point, cutting the rest of the attack.
  6. Mana gain: 5 per attack; combat starts at 0/90.
  7. Overflow is banked: mana past 90 from attacks or regen is kept through the cast (88/90 plus 5 casts and comes back with 3). Same rule for every champion; only the amounts differ by role.

// Itemized Roles

Main TankSituationalWarmog's ArmorGargoyle StoneplateSpirit Visage

2-cost AP Tank (game role tag). Tanks take the frontline item set. Mana lock 1.00 s per cast; tanks fill mainly from damage taken (1% of pre-mitigation and 3% of pre-shield damage per hit, capped at 50), so the lock length matters more than item mana. The classic main tank trio: a huge Health pool, resists that grow as more enemies focus the tank, and healing amplification to stay standing longest.

Main Tank picks can also serve as a Support Tank, holding debuff auras on the carry's side of the board.