Champion sheet · Support

Alistar

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

13.0%#58 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.6%picked in 495 of 6,487 games
Ban: 5.4%176 bans over 3,246 games, against 2.5% in soloQ

Win rate as Support50.4% between 46.7% and 54.1% over 490 gamesSoloQ 51.5%: no clear gap

Median length28.8 minsoloQ 27.3 min

Amateur: 6,491 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 336,200 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 tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.DraftLength
How to play itAftershock, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Dead Man's Plate, and Abyssal Mask: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 100% of supports.Map pressureFrontlineTeamfightCC
With / againstBetter than expected against Lulu in amateur play: +17.8 pts over 38 games, range above zero.+17.8 pt38 games
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.9%
SoloQ
3.5%
3.9% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.5% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.3%
SoloQ
2.5%
5.3% ban rate in amateur play over 1,886 games, against 2.5% in soloQ over 129,307 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.8 min
SoloQ
27.3 min
Median of 28.8 min in amateur play, against 27.3 min in soloQ.

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Aftershock, then Hextech Rocketbelt, Dead Man's Plate, and Abyssal Mask: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesAftershock57% · 15,136

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Heal50% · 13,256

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 93% · 71 games

Core (3 legendaries)16% · 8

16%of soloQ games

Hextech Rocketbelt
Dead Man's Plate
Abyssal Mask

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?

Better than expected against Lulu in amateur play: +17.8 pts over 38 games, range above zero.

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.

Against

Topgap to expected

Ambessa56.7% · expected 48.9% · 30 g+7.8 ptSoloQ -1.4

Junglegap to expected

Wukong60.3% · expected 50.6% · 68 g+9.7 ptSoloQ -0.4

Jarvan IV53.2% · expected 51.2% · 47 g+2.0 ptSoloQ -3.3

Midgap to expected

Orianna57.9% · expected 50.5% · 38 g+7.4 ptSoloQ -1.5

Ahri56.5% · expected 51.1% · 46 g+5.5 ptSoloQ -0.7

ADCgap to expected

Kai'Sa63.8% · expected 53.4% · 47 g+10.4 ptSoloQ -0.4

Sivir58.1% · expected 53.6% · 62 g+4.5 ptSoloQ +1.0

Supportgap to expected

Lulu71.1% · expected 53.2% · 38 g+17.8 ptSoloQ +0.1

Leona63.5% · expected 55.2% · 52 g+8.3 ptSoloQ +0.9

Nautilus47.3% · expected 46.7% · 55 g+0.5 ptSoloQ +3.4

Rakan48.8% · expected 47.7% · 43 g+1.2 ptSoloQ -2.2

With

Topgap to expected

Ornn51.6% · expected 48.4% · 31 g+3.2 ptSoloQ 0.0

Renekton54.8% · expected 53.5% · 31 g+1.3 ptSoloQ +2.5

Junglegap to expected

Vi63.3% · expected 50.8% · 30 g+12.5 ptSoloQ +0.3

Midgap to expected

Ahri56.3% · expected 49.8% · 48 g+6.5 ptSoloQ +1.2

Syndra54.2% · expected 51.3% · 59 g+3.0 ptSoloQ +2.5

Viktor53.5% · expected 51.0% · 43 g+2.5 ptSoloQ +0.5

ADCgap to expected

Kai'Sa50.7% · expected 47.4% · 67 g+3.3 ptSoloQ -1.2

Jhin59.4% · expected 53.0% · 32 g+6.4 ptSoloQ +0.9

Yunara56.8% · expected 52.6% · 37 g+4.2 ptSoloQ +1.2

Sivir48.6% · expected 47.2% · 37 g+1.4 ptSoloQ +2.8

Jinx48.5% · expected 48.4% · 33 g+0.1 ptSoloQ -0.9

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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