User blog comment:Xyclone010/Alistar - Rework Idea/@comment-25235491-20151215095231

The passive and W changes are bad. Why wait to use 3 abilities to be able to get the knockback in the first place? Bumrushing with an auto, why not (though it's still more unwieldy than his current W which is point-n-click), but the fact that you need 3 ability uses to get that knockback technically gutted Alistar (or rather, the Headbutt ability). His new passive also doesn't fit the name in comparison to the current one. I can imagine Alistar solo-laning, but with this kit, there's a chance he might be actually less useful than the current Alistar because despite the increase in damage (the cumulation of scalings on the passive is pretty weird though), you just gutted his CC, which makes him far less able to trade. The fact that you made his skills scale with AD just makes me think Alistar mains won't know what the hell to build anymore.