Overview
Alice is a unique Mage/Tank hybrid with exceptional sustain and crowd control, especially once she gets her core items. Her strength lies in her ability to dive into the enemy backline, lock down targets, and heal constantly using her Ultimate, making her a formidable late-game hero and a menace in team fights. Her playstyle revolves around a balance of Magic Damage and Tank items to maximize both her Spell Vamp/Healing and her survivability.
Strengths
Alice is a true Mage/Tank hybrid. Her Ultimate, Blood Ode, combined with her passive scaling and items like Oracle and Concentrated Energy, grants her massive health regeneration in team fights. She is designed to outlast the enemy team in prolonged engagements.
Weaknesses
Alice is relatively weak in the early game. She is heavily dependent on obtaining her core items, primarily Clock of Destiny and her sustain items, to be effective.
Life and Sustain
For Alice in the EXP Lane, the optimal strategy centers around a Hybrid Sustain Build using the Custom Mage Emblem with the Impure Rage talent. Your core equipment must be Clock of Destiny and Dominance Ice to maximize her Mana scaling and give her essential front-line defense and anti-heal, followed by Oracle to amplify her healing from her Ultimate and passive, making her extremely difficult to kill in sustained fights. Your best battle spell is usually Flicker for enhanced initiation and escape, though Vengeance is a strong option to reduce incoming burst damage and reflect it back while your Ultimate is active.
Fast item and Damage
This setup provides the best blend of damage, utility, and mid-game scaling, which Alice needs most.
Battle Spell
It creates the famous "S1 into Flicker" combo. You cast your Flowing Blood (S1) orb, wait for the enemy to move, and then use Flicker to reposition near them for an immediate Blood Awe (S2) stun/immobilize, ensuring you land your key CC.
Core item
Alice's dominant phase is generally considered to be the Mid-to-Late Game, particularly after she has completed her two core power spike items: Clock of Destiny and a defensive/sustain item like Dominance Ice or Oracle. Once she has these items, her damage scales significantly with her large Mana pool, and her self-sustain from her ultimate and passive becomes formidable, allowing her to continuously deal damage and heal off enemies during extended team fights, transitioning from a vulnerable laner to an unstoppable front-line mage. She is often a nightmare for squishy Marksmen in the late game.
Best With Angela
Angela's Ultimate (Heartguard) provides massive shielding and a speed boost, allowing Alice to safely dive, sustain longer, and ensure enemies cannot easily escape the fight.
Watch Out For Karrie
Karrie is the ideal Marksman counter because her passive deals True Damage based on the target's Max HP, which directly bypasses Alice's high HP and Defense stacking.