Mel ADC build & stats
- Win rate
- 51.7%
- Pick rate
- 1.4%
- Ban rate
- 12.4%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.16
Start with
Build in this order
Runes
Inspiration +
Sorcery 
When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.
Magical Footwear
Biscuit Delivery
Cosmic Insight
Gathering Storm
Manaflow Band
Summoner spells
51.5%
169 games
Max order
Q
E
W
37.5%
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 51.7% of games as ADC on patch 16.16 (180 games).
- Most common core: Luden's Echo → Shadowflame → Rabadon's Deathcap — 60% win rate over 5 games.
- Take Arcane Comet as keystone: picked in 86% of games with a 50% win rate.
- Best matchup: Ashe (90% over 10 games). Hardest: Ezreal (25% over 12 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Mel is an early-game champion: 66% win rate in games under 25 minutes but 52% after 35. Snowball your lead into towers and objectives.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 83.3% | 3% (6) | |
| 60.0% | 3% (5) | |
| 54.7% | 29% (53) | |
| 54.0% | 63% (113) | |
| 52.1% | 39% (71) | |
| 52.0% | 57% (102) | |
| 50.0% | 43% (78) | |
| 50.0% | 4% (8) | |
| 48.9% | 26% (47) | |
| 41.7% | 13% (24) | |
| 36.4% | 6% (11) | |
| 20.0% | 3% (5) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Sorcery +
Precision 
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Scorch
Coup de Grace
Presence of Mind
Sorcery +
Precision
Inspiration +
Sorcery
Keystones
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
49.7%86% pick
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First Strike
When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.
70.6%9% pick
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Dark Harvest
Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.
66.7%2% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Teleport
51.5%94% pick
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Flash + Barrier
60.0%3% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
E
W
37.5%40 games
Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (36%), E → Q → W (80%), Q → W → E (100%).
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PSearing BrillianceWhenever 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...
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QRadiant Volley
Mel fires a barrage of projectiles that explode around a target location, dealing damage repeatedly to enemies within the area.
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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.
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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.
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RGolden EclipseMel 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.