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Alistar vs Jarvan IV

How often does Alistar beat Jarvan IV in Support?

Alistar into Jarvan IV in Support: 43% observed win rate across 107 ranked games.

Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.

By 15 minutes the median game has Alistar behind by 520 gold.

Alistar at 15:00

Typical gap to Jarvan IV, from 106 games that reached 15:00.

Does Alistar counter Jarvan IV?

No counter here: Alistar sits at 43% over 107 games. The swing lives in the spots below, so play the side you know better and chase the row that moves the number the most in this lane, then hold that lead through the first back.

Beating Jarvan IV: the Alistar game plan

Someone usually dies here around 4:19 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

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 26.1-26.12.

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.

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