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Mel Build

Bot Tier 4

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 9,060 gamesUpdated

46.8%win rate0.4%pick15.5%ban

Who counters Mel

Every Bot matchup for Mel, ranked →

How to build Mel

Sorcerer's Shoes→Luden's Echo→Shadowflame→Rabadon's Deathcap

Sorcerer's Shoes → Luden's Echo → Shadowflame → Rabadon's Deathcap

50.9% win rate 15% of games 1,109 games
RunesSorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorchPrecisionCoup de GracePresence of Mind44% of games
SpellsFlashTeleportFlash + Teleport67%
Skills
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Radiant Volley
14578
Rebuttal
314151718
Solar Snare
29101213
Golden Eclipse
61116
StartDoran's RingHealth PotionHealth PotionDoran's Ring, Health Potion, Health Potion
Full Mel build →

Best supports for Mel

Who Mel has the best record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

  • Amumu champion portraitAmumu59.9%142 games · 26.20
  • Janna champion portraitJanna54.3%352 games · 26.20
  • Shaco champion portraitShaco52.7%273 games · 26.20
  • Zoe champion portraitZoe53.4%189 games · 26.20
  • Bard champion portraitBard51.1%407 games · 26.20

Worst supports for Mel

Who Mel has the worst record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

  • Pyke champion portraitPyke40.8%338 games
  • Rakan champion portraitRakan40.5%284 games · 26.20
  • Sylas champion portraitSylas39.4%170 games · 26.20
  • Lulu champion portraitLulu42.9%266 games · 26.20
  • Galio champion portraitGalio42.0%138 games · 26.20

Each pairing is weighed by the games behind it, so a lucky handful cannot top either list.

Pairings are only half a team. Team Comp Tuesdays builds full five-champion compositions around picks like this.

46.8%win rate
Patch 26.20: 47.7% over 27,519 gamesPatch 26.21: 46.8% over 9,060 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
45.2%at Emerald+
0.4%pick rate
15.5%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
55.5%under 22 min
43.2%over 32 min

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. All 10 games from Master and above.

Win 20–25m
MASTER+
Mel champion portraitB Mel+Thresh champion portraitS ThreshvsLucian champion portraitB Lucian+Nami champion portraitS Nami
12 / 4 / 6

Build

Sorcerer's Shoes|Shadowflame→Rabadon's Deathcap→Luden's Echo

Spells & runes

FlashTeleport|

Skills

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Win 25–30m
MASTER+
Mel champion portraitB Mel+Nautilus champion portraitS NautilusvsViktor champion portraitB Viktor+Elise champion portraitS Elise
3 / 12 / 8

Build

Sorcerer's Shoes|Luden's Echo→Shadowflame

Spells & runes

FlashExhaust|

Skills

QEWQQRQEQEREEW
Loss 30–35m
MASTER+
Mel champion portraitB Mel+Brand champion portraitS BrandvsSwain champion portraitB Swain+Janna champion portraitS Janna
10 / 3 / 2

Build

Boots of Swiftness|Blackfire Torch→Shadowflame→Void Staff→Imperial Mandate

Spells & runes

GhostFlash|

Skills

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Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 47.8% win rate · 44% of games · 3,862 games
SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
PrecisionCoup de GracePresence of Mind
Shards Ability Haste · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 43.6% win rate · 17% of games · 1,464 games
DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotSixth SenseUltimate Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandScorch
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashTeleportFlash + Teleport67%46.3%6,530 games
  • FlashBarrierFlash + Barrier19%48.6%1,802 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes91%Ionian Boots of Lucidity10%Boots3%
Sorcerer's Shoes most often · 46.9% win rate

Mel build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

  1. Luden's Echo1st
  2. Shadowflame2nd
  3. Rabadon's Deathcap3rd
10% of games that reach a third item take this path48.8% win rate727 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Mel →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 9,612 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Sorcerer's ShoesSorcerer's Shoes
85% · 46.9% win rate
Ionian Boots of LucidityIonian Boots of Lucidity
10% · 45.5% win rate
BootsBoots
2% · 46.9% win rate
Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
1% · 50.4% win rate
Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads
1% · 52.9% win rate
No bootsNo boots
<1% · 38.1% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Luden's Echo›Shadowflame+Sorcerer's Shoes7% of games · 43.4% win rate · 692 games
  2. Luden's Echo›Shadowflame›Rabadon's Deathcap+Sorcerer's Shoes5% of games · 51.0% win rate · 496 games
  3. Luden's Echo+Sorcerer's Shoes5% of games · 45.7% win rate · 438 games
  4. Shadowflame›Luden's Echo+Sorcerer's Shoes3% of games · 50.2% win rate · 275 games
  5. Zhonya's Hourglass›Shadowflame›Luden's Echo+Sorcerer's Shoes2% of games · 41.8% win rate · 158 games
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Mel against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Mel's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number. The best and worst supports are ranked the same way, against Mel's average instead of 50%.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Every ranked game we read this patch adds its finished items here, boots aside. Items are listed in the order they sit in the inventory, which isn't always the order they were bought: a finished item takes the slot its first part was in.

Compare a win rate only with the other picks in its own slot. A fifth item mostly shows up in long games, and those skew toward the team that was already ahead, so late slots run hot whatever sits in them. A row needs 30 games before it shows up at all.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

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