MacroMind matchup data — real ranked games, not opinions
Alistar vs Bard
How often does Alistar beat Bard in Support?
Alistar into Bard in Support: 49% observed win rate across 1,581 ranked games. Counted from real matches, and every number here shows its sample size.
By 15 minutes the median game has Alistar behind by 316 gold.
Does Alistar counter Bard?
Too close for a counter call: Alistar sits at 49% over 1,581 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 Bard: the Alistar game plan
A 300-gold lead at 10:00 puts Alistar at 60% across 565 games. Flip the lead and Alistar falls to 42% across 1,014.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| 300 gold up at 10:00 | 60% | 565 |
| 300 gold down at 10:00 | 42% | 1,014 |
| First blood | 56% | 430 |
| +kills at 10:00 | 55% | 363 |
| +CS at 10:00 | 45% | 1,031 |
| 0 deaths at 10:00 | 61% | 317 |
| 0 deaths at 15:00 | 69% | 97 |
Someone usually dies here around 5:17 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 9:19. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Alistar's Support build, with receipts
Into Bard specifically, Alistar finishes Locket of the Iron Solari first most often: 51.8% over 303 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.