MacroMind matchup data — real ranked games, not opinions
Alistar vs Anivia
How often does Alistar beat Anivia in Support?
Alistar into Anivia in Support: 48% observed win rate across 164 ranked games. Counted from real matches, and every number here shows its sample size.
By 15 minutes the median game has Alistar behind by 474 gold.
Does Alistar counter Anivia?
Too close for a counter call: Alistar sits at 48% over 164 games, inside the noise band. On this sample neither pick counters the other — the swing lives in the conditions below, so play the side you know better.
Beating Anivia: the Alistar game plan
A 300-gold lead at 10:00 puts Alistar at 52% across 66 games. Flip the lead and Alistar falls to 46% across 98.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| 300 gold up at 10:00 | 52% | 66 |
| 300 gold down at 10:00 | 46% | 98 |
| First blood | 48% | 46 |
| +CS at 10:00 | 35% | 65 |
Someone usually dies here around 4:41 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 9:15. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Alistar's Support build, with receipts
Into Anivia specifically, Alistar finishes Locket of the Iron Solari first most often: 65.0% over 40 games of this matchup.
The most-finished Alistar core is Locket of the Iron Solari, Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow: 62.0% across 711 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 16.1-16.12.
Most games start Health Potion + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Locket of the Iron Solari (13,952 games).
Skill plan: Alistar players max Q first and take W at level 1.