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Mel ADC build & stats

MageSupport D 203 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
41.9%
Pick rate
2.7%
Ban rate
28.5%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Finish these three

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
Void Staff
Void Staff
3,000 gold
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
3,250 gold
9,750 gold
50.0% WR 10 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
46.4% WR
28 games · 14% 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
43.0% 142 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. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Mel

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Mel wins 41.9% of games as ADC on patch 16.17 (203 games).
  • Most common core: Rabadon's Deathcap → Shadowflame → Luden's Echo — 43% win rate over 37 games.
  • Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 74% of games with a 44% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Ezreal (79% over 14 games). Hardest: Jinx (24% over 17 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Mel is an early-game champion: 51% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 38% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.
  • Banned in 29% of games — have a backup pick ready.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
43.2% WR
37 games · 18% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
42.1% WR
19 games · 9% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Void Staff
Void Staff
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
50.0% WR
10 games · 5% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
50.0% 7% (14)
50.0% 2% (4)
46.3% 20% (41)
43.3% 30% (60)
43.1% 54% (109)
43.1% 82% (167)
40.7% 85% (172)
40.5% 18% (37)
40.0% 7% (15)
40.0% 7% (15)
33.3% 3% (6)
22.9% 17% (35)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
45.1% WR
91 games · 45% 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
46.4% WR
28 games · 14% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Presence of Mind Coup de Grace
Inspiration Inspiration + Sorcery Sorcery
38.9% WR
18 games · 9% pick
First Strike Magical Footwear Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight Gathering Storm Manaflow Band

Keystones

  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 44.4%74% pick
  • First Strike First Strike When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt. 38.5%13% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 31.6%9% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 43.0%70% pick
  • Flash Barrier Flash + Barrier 35.9%19% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 18.2%5% 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.