Why max Q over W?
Hello,
im currently swapping to support so im also starting to learn alistar.
My progress involves checking data by pros/otps and data sites.
Now apparently people like to max Q>W>E.
So after reading alistars lolwiki i dont really understand this choice
Q;W are lowkey the same when it comes to putting skill points into it. The mana goes up from 50 to 70 mana, the cd down from 14 to 10 secs, and the dmg goes up.
In my understanding, Alistar Q without W is kinda useless since youd then only get to either gap close by flashing, or walking in their face. Meaning having Q up but not W will be very often useless since i wont be reliable able to use my Q anyways, while i can always use my w (for example to peel) even if i dont have q (to combo).
Addintionally the dmg goes actually way higher by maxing W than Q so in a combo, you will deal more dmg if you max W.
You could think that people max Q first because in a full combo you can Q/W/E stun into Q again for longer cc chain but i dont think that adds up since on Q/W the target will be stunned 1 sec, E will proc if used in that combo 1,5 secs later and stuns additional 1 sec. So in total you will combo, stun 1 sec, 1,5 secs later stun 1 sec, which would be a total time of 3,5 secs, so 6,5 secs short of either Q or W so you wont be able to use it in a combo anyways and even if you do through Ability Haste and delaying your E Stun (up to 6 secs), you could still also use W into a wall or as an insec, since W also stuns for 0,75 sec without using Q.
Im not an alistar main so maybe i dont understand a really important part of his gameplay etc. so would be cool if someone could explain this to me.
