MacroMind matchup data — real ranked games, not opinions
Alistar vs Mel
How often does Alistar beat Mel in Support?
Alistar into Mel in Support: 57% observed win rate across 620 ranked games. Counted from real matches, and every number here shows its sample size.
By 15 minutes the median game has Alistar behind by 690 gold.
Does Alistar counter Mel?
The numbers say yes: across 620 ranked Support games into Mel, Alistar takes 57% — past the noise band for this sample. Read from Mel's side, the same games give the mirror rate, and every number here shows the games behind it.
Beating Mel: the Alistar game plan
A 300-gold lead at 10:00 puts Alistar at 73% across 177 games. Flip the lead and Alistar falls to 51% across 443.
| The spot | Win rate | Games |
|---|---|---|
| 300 gold up at 10:00 | 73% | 177 |
| 300 gold down at 10:00 | 51% | 443 |
| First blood | 65% | 168 |
| +kills at 10:00 | 69% | 85 |
| +CS at 10:00 | 52% | 207 |
| 0 deaths at 10:00 | 66% | 88 |
Someone usually dies here around 4:11 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 9:09. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.
Alistar's Support build, with receipts
Into Mel specifically, Alistar finishes Locket of the Iron Solari first most often: 60.0% over 135 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.