Hello Summoners! This is my first guide/build that I have made. I haven't been playing league for too long but I am almost level 30 and ever since I started playing with my friends I have had the role of tank/support. I hated it at first but now i have grown to like it. I chose to make my first build on Alistar because he is cheap and one of the better supports that you can possibly play as. This build is very bizarre compared to others mainly because of the first item which is a health crystal. I have used this build at least 30 times and it is rather sucessful. Just follow the build and show me some love afterwords.

The Runes and masteries are the same ones as above. Fortitude, Resillience and Warding basically block off a little bit of all damage possible. For masteries you mainly want to stick with defense because you want to be tanky! I put the remaining mastery points into good hands because there will be times where your team will need to respawn quickly and defend your inhib or turrets and good hands will help you out with that.

The items might seem bizarre but it all works out if you follow the order. Health crystal as a first item is actually not that bad when combined with the runes and masteries that I have selected for you. After buying the Health Crystal you will have between 700 and 800 health at level 1. That health is a good intimidation factor and will scare the enemy support and ad carry . With all of Alistar's CC you will be able to contribute a lot in team fights and rarely die. The additional AP will help you hurt the enemy which will help your team.

For summoner spells i always take a bizarre route. I always go [Heal] and [Clarity]! Those two work great for supporting most AD Carries. If you are laning with someone who doesn't use mana i recommend going with flash.

DO NOT TAKE MINION KILLS AS A SUPPORT!
You shouldn't take minion kills as a support because your AD carry needs the gold so that they can do enough damage to kill the enemies on the other team.
DO NOT STEAL KILLS AS A SUPPORT!
Only take the kill if you are alone or if no one else on your team will be able to get the kill.
Try to sit in bush and knock up the enemies when they walk in. Make sure that your AD carry is around to help you!
You can wither knock up then headbutt or headbutt then knock up. The second one is trickier to land.