Mel Mid Build

Mel Champion Guide

Role:

Lane: Midlane

Mel Mid performs best with a build featuring Blackfire Torch, Sorcerer's Shoes, Liandry's Torment, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap. The most effective rune setup for Mel Mid includes Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, and Scorch in the primary tree, paired with Presence of Mind and Coup de Grace in the secondary tree.

Mel Champion Abilities

Searing Brilliance

Mel’s attacks and abilities apply stacks of Overwhelm each time they deal damage, storing 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 (+25% of ability power) plus 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 (+0.75% of ability power) damage per stack of magic damage (depending on Golden Eclipse's rank). When applied, if the stored amount exceeds the enemy’s combined shields and health, they are executed.

When an ability is cast, Mel’s next attack fires 3 extra projectiles, each dealing 5-20 (+1% of ability power) magic damage (depending on level). This effect can stack for 3 / 6 / 9 more extra projectiles. P

Radiant Volley

Mel unleashes a barrage of 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 projectiles that explode in the area around a target location.

Each explosion deals 13 / 16 / 19 / 22 / 25 (+8.5% of ability power) magic damage, adding up to 78 / 112 / 152 / 198 / 250 (+51 / 59.5 / 68 / 76.5 / 85% of ability power) magic damage total. Q

Rebuttal

Mel forms a barrier around herself that reflects projectiles from enemy champions, prevents her from taking damage, and gives her 30% decaying movement speed for 0.75 seconds.

Reflected projectiles deal 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% (+5% per 100 ability power) original damage as magic damage. W

Solar Snare

Mel fires a radiating orb, rooting enemies at its center for 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 / 2.25 seconds and dealing 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240 (+60% of ability power) magic damage.

The orb builds up a hostile area around it that slows enemies by 30% and deals 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 (+1% of ability power) magic damage per second. E

Golden Eclipse

Passive: Overwhelm damage is increased to 15 / 30 / 45 magic damage plus 1 / 2 / 3 magic damage per stack.

Active: Mel unleashes her power on all enemies affected by Overwhelm, dealing 125 / 175 / 225 (+40% of ability power) magic damage plus 4 / 7 / 10 (+3.5% of ability power) magic damage per Overwhelm stack.

Can only be cast when an enemy champion is affected by Overwhelm. R

Mel Summoner Spells

Flash

Flash is a location-targeted summoner spell that causes your champion to blink to the location in range of your cursor.

Teleport

Teleport is a unit-targeted summoner spell that blinks your champion to the target allied unit after a few seconds of channeling.

Teleport transforms into Unleashed Teleport after 10:00.

Mel Runes

Mel Items

Mel Ability Order

Mel Matchups Overview

Strong against

Naafiri

Vex

Corki

Lux

Ahri

Sylas

Weak against

Fizz

Irelia

Diana

Zed

Akshan

Qiyana

Mel Tips and Tricks

When possible, try to consume your Passive and extra damage on the enemy champion rather than minions. It will help to gain a health advantage in the lane. Your W spell is your main defensive spell. Play safe when it is on cooldown, and make sure you only use it to block major damage. Avoid using it unless you have to! Aim both your Q and E so they push and poke the enemy lane opponent at the same time. This makes great use of your mana bar and helps you look for that all-in.

Mel Best Build, Runes and Items

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Mel Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Presence of Mind and Coup de Grace in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Blackfire Torch as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Liandry's Torment. For your last 3 items, you should build Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W.

Optional

Your second option for Mel Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Presence of Mind with Coup de Grace in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Luden's Companion, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Shadowflame as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Zhonya's Hourglass. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Presence of Mind with Coup de Grace in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Archangel's Staff as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Liandry's Torment as a third item. You want to finish the build with Cosmic Drive, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Mel Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight as your primary rune tree, and Manaflow Band with Gathering Storm as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Archangel's Staff as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Liandry's Torment as third item. The last 3 options are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W.

Situational Mel Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state, and your matchup to plan your Mel build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.