Champion sheet · Support

Alistar

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

11.9%#65 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.9%picked in 236 of 2,986 games
Ban: 4.0%88 bans over 2,174 games, against 3.4% in soloQ

Win rate as Support53.4% between 48.0% and 58.7% over 236 gamesSoloQ 52.2%: no clear gap

Median length29.2 minsoloQ 27.6 min

Amateur: 3,003 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 260,254 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.DraftLengthSpells
How to play itAftershock, then Dead Man's Plate, Force of Nature, and Cosmic Drive: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 100% of supports.Map pressureFrontlineTeamfightCC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.2%
SoloQ
3.7%
4.2% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.4%
SoloQ
3.4%
4.4% ban rate in amateur play over 1,653 games, against 3.4% in soloQ over 127,669 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.2 min
SoloQ
27.6 min
Median of 29.2 min in amateur play, against 27.6 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
69%
SoloQ
44%
Played in 69% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (44%).

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Aftershock, then Dead Man's Plate, Force of Nature, and Cosmic Drive: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesAftershock50% · 9,550

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite44% · 8,343

≠ Amateur: Flash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite. 69% · 254 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 98% · 54 games

Core (3 legendaries)— · 2

Dead Man's Plate
Force of Nature
Cosmic Drive

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Absorbs damage first: absorbs more than 100% of supports.

Absorbs damagetop1%1,197 · supports: 393
Crowd control (CC)top5%1.8 · supports: 1
Plays teamfightstop15%57% · supports: 54%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other supports

What marks it

Map pressure
Frontline
Teamfight
CC

Like other supports

Lets allies carry kills

What it is not

Few duels
Little damage
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 11 in lane, 16 in mid game and 25 in late game, out of 100 supports.

192-96 vs 288

253-89 vs 342

314-74 vs 388

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Alistarsupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 90% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

4.7takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 11 of 100 among supports192 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 16 of 100 among supports253 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 25 of 100 among supports314 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 3 of 100 among supports-145 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 10 of 100 among supports-191 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 75 of 100 among supports4.7 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 100 of 100 among supports1,197 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 85 of 100 among supports57% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 7 of 100 among supports13% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 71 of 100 among supportsrank 71 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 95 of 100 among supports1.8 · median 1
Team damage · rank 10 of 100 among supports7% · median 9%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.