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Mel ADC build & stats

MageSupport B 411 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
50.6%
Pick rate
1.5%
Ban rate
17.4%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
2,800 gold
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
2,650 gold
8,950 gold
62.5% WR each item separately

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
63.6% WR
11 games · 3% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Teleport
54.3% 35 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Mel

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Mel wins 50.6% of games as ADC on patch 16.18 (411 games).
  • Most common core: Rabadon's Deathcap → Shadowflame → Luden's Echo — 37% win rate over 43 games.
  • Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 69% of games with a 49% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Veigar (67% over 9 games). Hardest: Jhin (33% over 36 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Mel is an early-game champion: 60% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 49% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.
  • Banned in 17% of games — have a backup pick ready.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
60.0% WR
5 games · 1% pick
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
66.7% WR
3 games · 1% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
33.3% WR
3 games · 1% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
77.8% 2% (9)
62.5% 2% (8)
58.3% 3% (12)
55.6% 7% (27)
53.3% 7% (30)
50.0% 2% (10)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
63.6% WR
11 games · 3% pick
Arcane Comet
Arcane Comet

Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
57.1% WR
7 games · 2% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Legend: Haste Cut Down

Keystones

  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 55.9%8% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 54.3%9% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PSearing Brilliance

    Whenever Mel uses an ability, she gains three bonus projectiles (up to nine maximum) on her next attack.When Mel deals damage through an ability or attack, she applies Overwhelm, which can stack infinitely. If the enemy...

  • QRadiant Volley

    Mel fires a barrage of projectiles that explode around a target location, dealing damage repeatedly to enemies within the area.

  • WRebuttal

    Mel forms a barrier around herself that reflects enemy projectiles back at the attacker, prevents her from taking damage, and grants her movement speed.

  • ESolar Snare

    Mel fires a radiant orb forward, rooting those at its center while the area around it slows enemies and deals damage over time.

  • RGolden Eclipse

    Mel strikes all enemies marked with Overwhelm regardless of their distance from her, dealing additional damage for each stack of Overwhelm.Ranks of Golden Eclipse increase Overwhelm's damage.