Alistar

Alistar is an engage tank in the support, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 51.0% win rate, 4.0% pick rate, 46,868 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Alistar holds a fairly even power curve, staying relevant at every stage rather than relying on a single timing.

How Alistar wins: landing engage and starting fights on Alistar's terms, and grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Alistar tips the fight. The kit grades 10/10 engage, 9/10 teamfighting, 7/10 roaming. Play around where Alistar is thin, siege and waveclear (3/10, 3/10), and the enemy loses their angle.

The most-played core build is Celestial Opposition, Locket of the Iron Solari, Zeke's Convergence, which holds a 48.5% win rate across 3,284 games this patch. Pick the enemy team to adapt each item slot to the specific matchup.

The matchup to respect is Vladimir, where Alistar sits at just 42.5%, the lane swings the other way into Sylas (57.5%), and on the team side, Alistar gains the most from a Pantheon (+10.0% pair win rate).