Mel

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Data145 pro games·Feb 2025 – Nov 2026·patches 15.3–26.20·CBLOL, First Stand, LCK, LCP, LCS, LEC, LPL, LTA, MSI, PCS, VCS, Worlds· incl. international·Browse source →

Comp identity — Bot / Mid / Support

Leans Siege — its strongest of the five comp axes.

Plays like — nearest pentagon

Ranked by how close their five-axis heatmap looks — role-agnostic.

Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Siegenatural · 60%
Catchworkable · 40%
Attackworkable · 30%
Mel chokes a siege with waveclear and zone control — nothing crosses the line for free. Enough Catch and Attack sits in the kit to punish a caught enemy before the fight starts. Passive Overwhelm stores magic damage per stack from abilities/attacks and detonates in one burst once stored damage would exceed the target's health+shields — a delayed-execute mechanic.

Kit quirks

Passive Overwhelm stores magic damage per stack from abilities/attacks and detonates in one burst once stored damage would exceed the target's health+shields — a delayed-execute mechanic
W Rebuttal actively destroys and reflects incoming enemy champion projectiles as magic damage, a genuine anti-poke/anti-projectile tool alongside its shield
R Golden Eclipse can only be cast if at least one enemy champion currently has Overwhelm stacks, tying her ultimate to prior poke/burst setup

How Mel performs in pro play · patch 26.20

Pro strength

Bot49% WR · 0% ban · 1.7 games
Mid49% WR · 0% ban · 1.0 games

Strongest duos

Best matchups

No favored matchups recorded.

Hardest matchups

AsheBot-1%

Win rate by patch & league

Raw pick win rate from our pro-game record, newest patches first. Each cell is win% with its game count beside it; faded cells are small samples (under 3 games) and are noisy.

Patch	LCK	LPL	LCS	CBLOL	LCP	Other	All
26.20	0%2	—	—	—	100%1	—	33%3
26.18	0%1	—	—	—	—	—	0%1
26.17	—	—	—	50%2	—	—	50%2
26.16	25%4	—	—	—	—	—	25%4
26.15	50%2	0%1	—	—	100%1	—	50%4
26.14	100%2	25%4	—	0%1	0%1	—	38%8
26.13	58%12	—	—	—	—	50%2	57%14
26.11	75%4	—	0%1	0%2	—	67%3	50%10

Dragons & win rate

Win rate when Mel's team secured at least one of each drake, next to the all-champion rate in that same state. Teams that take dragons are usually already ahead, so every champ wins more with them — the honest read is the gap, i.e. whether Mel beats the average team that also has the drake. Single-drake samples are thin; treat small counts as suggestive.

Cloud61%vs 60% avg+1pp18g

Infernal72%vs 60% avg+12pp18g

Ocean73%vs 63% avg+11pp15g

Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Mel (Mel Medarda) — The Soul's Reflection

Class: Artillery
Resource: Mana
Range type: Ranged
Adaptive type: Magic
Positions: Middle, Support
Released: 2025-01-23 (V25.02)
Last changed: V26.22
Price: 3,150 BE · 975 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	590	+107	2409
Health regen (per 5s)	6	+0.55	15.35
Mana	455	+38	1101
Mana regen (per 5s)	9	+0.9	24.3
Armor	21	+5.4	112.8
Magic resist	30	+1.3	52.1
Attack damage	52	+3.3	108.1
Attack speed	0.625	+2.75%	0.917
Attack speed ratio	0.625
Attack range	550
Movement speed	330

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Attack delay offset: -0.144
Acquisition radius: 625
Selection height: 85
Selection radius: 120
Pathing radius: 35
Gameplay radius: 65
Basic attack missile speed: 1600

ARAM: ability haste -10

URF: damage dealt ×0.9

Abilities

Passive

Searing Brilliance

Innate: Mel's basic attacks and abilities apply a stack of Overwhelm for each instance of damage they deal to enemies for 5 seconds, refreshing on subsequent applications and stacking infinitely.

Overwhelm: Store 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 (based on Golden Eclipse's rank) (+ 10% AP) magic damage on the affected enemy with the first stack, reduced「 to 55% 」「 to 27.5 / 33 / 38.5 / 44 (based on Golden Eclipse's rank) (+ 5.5% AP) 」against minions. For each stack, store an additional 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 (based on Golden Eclipse's rank) (+ 0.75% AP) magic damage on the target. If the total post-mitigation damage stored exceeds the target's current health and shields, the next stack applied against them will consume them all to deal the stored damage.

Innate - Searing Brilliance: Mel's ability casts each generate 3 stacks of Searing Brilliance for 5 seconds, refreshing on subsequent casts and stacking up to 9 times. Her next basic attack consumes all stacks of Searing Brilliance to additionally fire an equal number of blazing projectiles at the target. Each projectile deals 4 – 30 (based on level) (+ 4% AP) magic damage, for a total possible damage of 36 – 270 (based on level) (+ 36% AP) at maximum stacks.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: Proc damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Not BlockedParries: MissingProjectile: Blocked

Notes (9)

Effects that inherit properties from the origin basic attack (e.g Runaan's Hurricane) will also be able to apply Overwhelm stacks.
Effects that apply on-hits (e.g Guinsoo's Rageblade) will not apply stacks.
The first stack also benefits from the per-stack bonus stored damage.
A threshold indicator for the currently stored damage is placed on a target's health bar, as well as a mark above their head, while any Overwhelm stacks are active. These are visible to Mel and her target(s).
Whenever Golden Eclipse's damage would put them below Overwhelm's threshold, the mark will darken and glow more prominently.
This does not take into account effects that would amplify the damage such as Coup de Grace.
Just before Overwhelm stacks are consumed, targets have 5 additional stacks applied to them.(bug)
These stacks are consumed immediately.
Overwhelm stacks will not be consumed against Tryndamere's Undying Rage.

Map-specific differences (1)

Overwhelm additional stack base damage changed to 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 (based on Golden Eclipse's rank).

Radiant Barrage

Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 ManaCooldown: 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 / 6Cast time: 0.35Target range: 950Effect radius: 200 • 100Speed: 3200Spread: 50

Active: Mel launches a barrage of luminous bolts at the target location over 0.5 seconds which distribute evenly in the area. Each bolt explodes upon landing to deal magic damage to nearby enemies, with the first explosion dealing 60 (+ 25% AP) magic damage and all subsequent ones dealing less damage.

Magic Damage per Subsequent Explosion: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+ 8% AP)
Number of Bolts: 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
Maximum Magic Damage: 85 / 120 / 165 / 220 / 285 (+ 65 / 73 / 81 / 89 / 97% AP)

After all bolts have landed, if at least one bolt has hit an enemy champion, Radiant Barrage's current cooldown is reduced by 0.5 – 1 (based on level) seconds.

The bolts momentarily grant sight during their travel, while the explosions grant sight over their target area. Both can see through brush and terrain.

Targeting input: LocationTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target location to castAffects: EnemiesDamage type: AOE DOT damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: See NotesProjectile: Blocked

Notes (8)

Spell shield will only block a single explosion.
For the given number of Radiant Barrage bolts, the spread will result in the same individual areas being affected over the duration invariably.
Each individual missile is explicitly assigned an explosion location at a small offset from the cast location. This varies by missile, which results in their combined area of effect distributing over a total radius of [explosion radius + maximum spread] = 200 + 50 = 250 units.
This means that the distribution area is not random.
The order of bolts however, which will determine the order of individual areas to be affected per explosion, is random.
Mel launching the missiles in the same arcing motion for every Radiant Volley cast does not correlate with which missile is being fired at the time. The height and gravity of each missile are irrelevant.
Note that the combined area of effect may not always be the maximum possible (circle with radius of 250 units); this drawback diminishes with a higher number of bolts as the new missiles fill the gaps within.
This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.

Rebuttal

Cost: 100 / 75 / 50 / 25 / 0 ManaCooldown: 30 / 28.5 / 27 / 25.5 / 24Cast time: noneEffect radius: 400Speed: 3000

Active: Mel unleashes a refraction nova within her surrounding area that lasts 0.75 seconds, expanding within the duration. The nova destroys all hostile non- turret projectiles that collide with it. Mel and allies that come into contact with it are granted a shield and 10% – 30% (based on level) (+ 4% per 100 AP) bonus movement speed, both lasting 2 seconds.

Shield: 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 (+ 50% AP)

The nova additionally harnesses each hostile projectile that collides with it as a bolt, up to a maximum of 7 times per source. After the nova's expiration, the number of bolts respective to each enemy homes to them, with each bolt dealing magic damage, reduced for subsequent hits.

Initial Bolt Magic Damage: 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 (+ 10% AP)
Subsequent Bolt Reduced Damage: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 (+ 5% AP)
Maximum Total Magic Damage: 65 / 100 / 135 / 170 / 205 (+ 40% AP)

Targeting input: AutoAffects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Blocked

Notes (4)

Spell shield will block all applicable bolts that hit the user from the same cast instance of Rebuttal.
The nova rapidly expands over the first 0.25 seconds of cast, then much more slowly over the following 0.5 seconds.
Rebuttal's buffs can stack with each other up to 3 times.
Each subsequent cast resets the remaining duration of both buffs.

Map-specific differences (2)

Cooldown changed to 45 / 44 / 43 / 42 / 41 seconds.
Cooldown changed to 20 / 19.5 / 19 / 18.5 / 18 seconds.

Solar Snare

Cost: 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 ManaCooldown: 11 / 10.5 / 10 / 9.5 / 9Cast time: 0.25Range: 1000Effect radius: 70 • 70 • 230 • 60 • 400Speed: 1100

Active: Mel fires an orb in the target direction that grants sight of its surroundings every 0.25 seconds as it travels. Enemies hit by the orb are dealt magic damage and rooted for a duration. The root duration is increased based on distance the orb travelled.

Orb Magic Damage: 60 / 105 / 150 / 195 / 240 (+ 70% AP)
Minimum Root Duration: 0.8 / 0.85 / 0.9 / 0.95 / 1 seconds
Maximum Root Duration: 1.6 / 1.75 / 1.9 / 2.05 / 2.2 seconds

The orb emanates a field of solar radiation that additionally expands after a 0.5-second delay. Enemies within the field are dealt magic damage and slowed every 0.125 seconds, lingering for 0.25 seconds after exiting.

Field Magic Damage per Tick: 2 / 3.5 / 5 / 6.5 / 8 (+ 1% AP)
Field Magic Damage per Second: 16 / 28 / 40 / 52 / 64 (+ 8% AP)
Slow: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%

Both the orb and the field of Solar Snare deal 50% damage against minions.

Orb Minion Magic Damage: 30 / 52.5 / 75 / 97.5 / 120 (+ 35% AP)
Field Minion Magic Damage per Tick: 1 / 1.75 / 2.5 / 3.25 / 4 (+ 0.5% AP)
Field Magic Damage per Second: 8 / 14 / 20 / 26 / 32 (+ 4% AP)

Targeting input: DirectionAffects: EnemiesDamage type: See NotesDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: See NotesProjectile: Blocked

Notes (5)

Spell shield will only block the orb ( root portion).
Solar Snare's lollipop roots targets in its area without triggering spell shield.(bug)
The initial impact of Solar Snare deals area damage, while the lingering damage over time deals persistent area damage.
The slow debuff lasts for the same duration as its tick rate (0.125 seconds).
This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.

Golden Eclipse

Cost: 100 ManaCooldown: 120 / 90 / 60Cast time: 0.75Target range: Global

Passive: Overwhelm stacks store more damage.

Increased Stored Damage: 10 / 20 / 30
Stored Damage Increase per Stack: 1 / 2 / 3

Active: Mel unleashes a radiant blast on all enemies affected by Overwhelm, dealing magic damage to each of them. Enemies are also revealed for 1 second from the start of the cast time.

Magic Damage: 125 / 200 / 275 (+ 30% AP) (+ 4 / 7 / 10 (+ 4% AP) per Overwhelm stack on the target)

An enemy champion affected by Overwhelm is required to cast this ability.

Targeting input: AutoAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Ability damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Blocked