Talk:Alistar/@comment-22964237-20140112205610/@comment-5955640-20140112223522

Alistar has heavy costs because of his utility and decent chance to actually do a whole lot with his kit even in the field of damage if built right. Sustain scalings Damage in the passive. The ability to remove CC and the strongest CC of them all. Knocks.

They could probably be reduced but Headbutt and pulverize are powerful initiators. You only need to use them both once to get the kill for your team if you know what you are doing and every other time you'll only just use heal which is enough sustain depending on the situation.