Talk:Alistar/@comment-24309189-20140823192239/@comment-6281696-20140826152244

I know, you could potentiall play him the exact same way as you'd play tryndamere, it's actually kind of surprising the top alistars are still going as tank focussed as they do, no items are going to outscale that 70% so lifesteal + health would really be all the defenses he needs. He has the same kind of free (near) immortality, high sustain, excelent ways of keeping yourself safe from ganks (trynda through mobility, Alistar through punching people out of the way), great base values. Both are difficult to escape from and even more difficult to effectivly trade with thanks to their kit. The only reason he ever got pushed into the support role is cuz the support meta is retarded and relies on supports being usefull while not making money (yes it's become better over time, but still nowhere near good) and people are sheep.