Does Alistar scale?
No. Alistar gets actively worse as the game goes on.
Very bad late despite being a good tank earlier. He just doesn’t do enough utility or tanking for the team, easily ignored, honestly. The main way to play him is to roam around a lot early to make late game not matter as much.
The grade measures one thing: how much a champion can influence a coordinated late-game objective fight once both teams reach full builds. It does not measure early strength, snowballing, or win rate. A weak late-game champion still wins by ending the game first, which is what the rest of the library teaches.
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