MacroMind matchup data — real ranked games, not opinions
Alistar vs Malphite
How often does Alistar beat Malphite in Support?
Alistar into Malphite in Support: 60% observed win rate across 131 ranked games. Counted from real matches, and every number here shows its sample size.
By 15 minutes the median game has Alistar behind by 396 gold.
Does Alistar counter Malphite?
The numbers say yes: across 131 ranked Support games into Malphite, Alistar takes 60% — past the noise band for this sample. Read from Malphite's side, the same games give the mirror rate, and every number here shows the games behind it.
Beating Malphite: the Alistar game plan
A 300-gold lead at 10:00 puts Alistar at 75% across 51 games. Flip the lead and Alistar falls to 50% across 80.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| 300 gold up at 10:00 | 75% | 51 |
| 300 gold down at 10:00 | 50% | 80 |
| +CS at 10:00 | 61% | 44 |
Someone usually dies here around 4:53 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 8:46. 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.