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Mel champion portrait

Mel Build

Support Tier 4

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 16,800 gamesUpdated

43.7%win rate0.8%pick15.5%ban

Who counters Mel

Every Support matchup for Mel, ranked →

How to build Mel

Sorcerer's Shoes→Luden's Echo→Zhonya's Hourglass→Shadowflame

Sorcerer's Shoes → Luden's Echo → Zhonya's Hourglass → Shadowflame

46.0% win rate 14% of games 1,123 games
RunesSorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorchPrecisionCoup de GracePresence of Mind34% of games
SpellsFlashHealFlash + Heal61%
Skills
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Radiant Volley
24578
Rebuttal
314151718
Solar Snare
19101213
Golden Eclipse
61116
StartWorld AtlasHealth PotionHealth PotionWorld Atlas, Health Potion, Health Potion
Full Mel build →

Best ADCs for Mel

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

Worst ADCs for Mel

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

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.

43.7%win rate
Patch 26.20: 44.4% over 41,084 gamesPatch 26.21: 43.7% over 16,800 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
42.6%at Emerald+
0.8%pick rate
15.5%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
47.4%under 22 min
43.6%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.

Loss 40–45m
MASTER+
Mel champion portraitS Mel+Jinx champion portraitB JinxvsVolibear champion portraitS Volibear+Caitlyn champion portraitB Caitlyn
19 / 9 / 11

Build

Sorcerer's Shoes|Luden's Echo→Liandry's Torment→Zhonya's Hourglass→Shadowflame

Spells & runes

FlashHeal|

Skills

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Win 25–30m
MASTER+
Mel champion portraitS Mel+Lucian champion portraitB LucianvsNautilus champion portraitS Nautilus+Caitlyn champion portraitB Caitlyn
3 / 2 / 11

Build

Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeSorcerer's Shoes|Luden's Echo→Zhonya's Hourglass

Spells & runes

FlashHeal|

Skills

EQWQQRQEQEREEW
Win 25–30m
MASTER+
Mel champion portraitS Mel+Xayah champion portraitB XayahvsSeraphine champion portraitS Seraphine+Yunara champion portraitB Yunara
8 / 4 / 4

Build

Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeBoots|Blackfire Torch→Shadowflame→Zhonya's Hourglass

Spells & runes

FlashHeal|

Skills

EQWQQRQEQEREEW

Runes

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

Most popular 43.9% win rate · 34% of games · 5,458 games
SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
PrecisionCoup de GracePresence of Mind
Shards Ability Haste · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 43.5% win rate · 20% of games · 3,275 games
SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
DominationCheap ShotGrisly Mementos
Shards Ability Haste · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashHealFlash + Heal61%43.7%10,955 games
  • FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite20%44.0%3,557 games

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

Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes84%Ionian Boots of Lucidity13%Boots4%
Sorcerer's Shoes most often · 44.8% win rate
Support item
Zaz'Zak's Realmspike94%Celestial Opposition4%Dream Maker2%
Zaz'Zak's Realmspike most often · 43.9% win rate

Mel build

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

  1. Zhonya's Hourglass1st
  2. Shadowflame2nd
  3. Luden's Echo3rd
9% of games that reach a third item take this path45.7% win rate672 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Mel →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 17,626 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Sorcerer's ShoesSorcerer's Shoes
79% · 44.9% win rate
Ionian Boots of LucidityIonian Boots of Lucidity
12% · 42.3% win rate
BootsBoots
4% · 35.0% win rate
Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
2% · 40.6% win rate
No bootsNo boots
2% · 40.6% win rate
Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads
1% · 44.1% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Luden's Echo›Shadowflame+Sorcerer's Shoes11% of games · 44.5% win rate · 1,993 games
  2. Luden's Echo+Sorcerer's Shoes10% of games · 40.2% win rate · 1,728 games
  3. Luden's Echo›Liandry's Torment+Sorcerer's Shoes4% of games · 41.5% win rate · 778 games
  4. Shadowflame›Luden's Echo+Sorcerer's Shoes3% of games · 47.4% win rate · 532 games
  5. Zhonya's Hourglass›Shadowflame›Luden's Echo+Sorcerer's Shoes3% of games · 45.1% win rate · 494 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 ADCs 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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