User blog comment:Deshiba/Melee Supports Comparison/@comment-24706802-20140428031822/@comment-4022742-20140428150903

Alistar is well designed and as such, still relevant. Riot obviously places so much value on his sustain and un-cleansable crowd control that it justifies giving him half of average melee support damage numbers.

Should the numbers be changed? Maybe, but then I wonder how his other role - jungler - is effected by it. And if similar tank junglers like and  would have their roles and pick rates compromised.