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Originally Posted by RobWeaver
If your army is primarily MacDirks, you have to play Alistair close to the front and let him lead the charge. There's no other way for the squad to get his bonus; they can't attack him themselves. He's able to take a fair amount of bruising, though, and the squad around him just keeps getting deadlier. I've seen the Macdirks deliver 8-die attacks regularly. This is one of the rare squads who bond best with their like champion. In fact, they're not that extraordinary without him.
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It depends on how long of a game you're playing. On a larger map, you can bond with Alistair 1st turn and have him run in circles, overextend himself to get 1 wound, and then activate another human champ the remaining two rounds, or activate an entirely different glyph-grabbing squad (rats, vipers, etc) the remainder of the round. Then repeat the process round 2, after which your McDirks are pumped up to an attack of 4 each following the 1st turn... If there isn't a huge time pressure to rush in your McDirks, then it's strategically sound to leave Alistair in the back ranks running in circles once a round to get a +1 attack bonus per round.
But the beauty of Alistair is that he's tough enough to choose to throw him into the front lines ASAP as well. He's rugged enough to slug it out up front, and he's versatile enough with his overextend ability to safely and slowly take wounds "for the team" in the back ranks if needed.