MacroMind matchup data — real ranked games, not opinions
Alistar vs Gragas
How often does Alistar beat Gragas in Support?
Alistar into Gragas in Support: 50% observed win rate across 105 ranked games. Counted from real matches, and every number here shows its sample size.
By 15 minutes the median game has Alistar behind by 350 gold.
Does Alistar counter Gragas?
Too close for a counter call: Alistar sits at 50% over 105 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 Gragas: the Alistar game plan
A 300-gold lead at 10:00 puts Alistar at 71% across 41 games. Flip the lead and Alistar falls to 36% across 64.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| 300 gold up at 10:00 | 71% | 41 |
| 300 gold down at 10:00 | 36% | 64 |
| +CS at 10:00 | 49% | 47 |
Someone usually dies here around 5:00 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 9:01. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Alistar's Support build, with receipts
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.