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Mel Support build & stats

MageSupport C 308 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
44.8%
Pick rate
1.1%
Ban rate
17.4%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

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

Solid sample

Finish these three

Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
3,250 gold
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
2,750 gold
9,200 gold
66.7% WR 18 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
1,100 gold
46.4% 252 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
57.1% WR
35 games · 11% 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 Ignite
52.5% 40 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 44.8% of games as Support on patch 16.18 (308 games).
  • Most common core: Zhonya's Hourglass → Shadowflame → Luden's Echo — 67% win rate over 18 games.
  • Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 80% of games with a 44% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Morgana (53% over 15 games). Hardest: Janna (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Mel scales: 53% win rate after 35 minutes versus 44% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.
  • Banned in 17% of games — have a backup pick ready.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
66.7% WR
18 games · 6% pick
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's Torment
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
47.1% WR
17 games · 6% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
37.5% WR
8 games · 3% pick

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
46.4% WR
252 games · 82% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
40.0% WR
30 games · 10% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
16.7% WR
6 games · 2% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
66.7% 3% (9)
55.6% 18% (54)
50.0% 12% (36)
50.0% 5% (14)
47.4% 51% (156)
47.2% 17% (53)
47.1% 6% (17)
46.4% 27% (84)
45.5% 4% (11)
44.4% 82% (252)
33.3% 3% (9)
28.6% 2% (7)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
39.1% WR
110 games · 36% 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 + Domination Domination
42.3% WR
52 games · 17% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Cheap Shot Grisly Mementos
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
51.2% WR
43 games · 14% pick
Dark Harvest Cheap Shot Sixth Sense Ultimate Hunter Manaflow Band Scorch

Keystones

  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 44.1%80% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 49.0%17% pick
  • First Strike First Strike When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt. 50.0%1% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 33.3%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 45.9%71% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 52.5%13% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 31.0%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.