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Mel

Name: Mel tier and win rate by rank band / Patch 7.3e
Creator: Tencent

MEL

The Soul's Reflection

MidSWR46.2%

Mel Medarda is the presumed heir of the Medarda family, once one of the most powerful in Noxus. In appearance she is a graceful aristocrat, but beneath the surface lies a skilled politician who makes it her business to know everything about everyone she meets. After an encounter with the mysterious Black Rose, Mel discovered the depths of her mother's deception and, for once, faced a situation potentially beyond her control. With newly awakened magical abilities, she sailed home in search of answers—and though many still seek to temper the light within her, Mel's soul remains forever defiant.

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Skills

SEARING BRILLIANCEPassive

Mel's attacks and abilities apply and refresh stacks of Overwhelm for 5 seconds each time they deal damage. Overwhelm: - Stores 60 (+8% AP) plus 3 (+0.5% AP) magic damage per stack. - When applied, if the stored amount exceeds the target's combined shields and current Health, they are executed. Projectile Burst: - Fires 3 extra projectiles on her next attack after using an ability. - Each projectile deals 3–33 (based on level) (+3% AP) magic damage. - This effect can stack up to 9 extra projectiles. Overwhelm deals only 60% damage with the first stack when used against minions.

RADIANT VOLLEYSkill 1

Unleashes a barrage of 7 projectiles that explode in the area around a target location. Each explosion deals 11 (+6% AP) magic damage, adding up to a maximum of 77 (+42% AP) magic damage in total. Deals 90% damage when used against minions.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3	LV 4
Cooldown	9	8	7	6
Cost	70	80	90	100
Explosions	7	8	9	10
Per Hit	11	14	17	20
Explosion Damage	77	112	153	200

REBUTTALSkill 2

Forms a barrier around herself that reflects projectiles from enemy champions, makes her invulnerable for 1 second, and gives her 30% decaying Movement Speed for 1 second. Reflected projectiles deal 40% of the original damage as magic damage. Structure damage is not prevented. Reflected projectile damage is calculated using the original caster's base attributes, with damage adjustments and Magic Pen from items applied. Does not apply item effects from the original caster.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3	LV 4
Cooldown	38	36	34	32
Cost	60	40	20	0
Reflected Damage	40%	45%	50%	55%

SOLAR SNARESkill 3

Fires a radiating orb, rooting enemies at its center for 1.2 seconds and dealing 55 (+50% AP) magic damage. The orb builds up a hostile area around it that slows enemies by 30% and deals 20 (+6% AP) magic damage per 1 second. The slow and damage-over-time effects linger on enemies for 0.75 seconds after they've left the area created by the orb. Deals 75% damage when used against minions.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3	LV 4
Cooldown	11.5	11	10.5	10
Cost	50	55	60	65
Base Damage	55	110	165	220
Root Duration	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.5
Damage per Second	20	40	60	80

GOLDEN ECLIPSEUltimate

Passive: Overwhelm damage is increased. - Base damage: 60 (+8% AP) magic damage - Additional damage: 3 (+0.5% AP) magic damage per stack Active: Unleashes her power on all enemies affected by Overwhelm, dealing: - Base damage: 100 (+25% AP) magic damage - Additional damage: 4 (+2.5% AP) magic damage per stack Can only be cast when an enemy champion is affected by Overwhelm.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3
Cooldown	95	80	65
Cost	100
Overwhelm Flat Damage	60	70	80
Overwhelm Stack Damage	3	4	5
Golden Eclipse Flat Damage	100	150	200
Golden Eclipse Stack Damage	4	7	10

Tier by Rank

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Tier and numbers

TierWinPickBan
Diamond+S← S46.2%7.2%27.0%
Master+A← A46.1%7.3%26.4%
ChallengerS← A45.3%6.9%19.5%
LegendaryB← B46.5%5.7%14.8%

Tencent official (CN server) / Mid / 2026-11-07

Mid: win rate #39 of 39Pick rate #6Mid median win rate 50.2%

Tier moves S → B across ranks, a 1.2 point spread in win rate. Ban rate also moves 14.8% → 27.0%.

Reading the table

The “← A” after a tier is the tier in the previous ranking.

Legendary is the top tiers of the Legendary Queue, a separate ranked queue for top players.

Among Mid

One dot per champion

Win rate

44%50%56%Mel · S

0%Pick rate →

Build Trends

Official Tencent data (China server)Diamond+ / MidAs of 2026-11-0611/06

Rank

SortFaded rows: pick rate under 2%

Build patterns

Splits into 1 core · 3 rune patterns

How it works

Durability: health, armor, magic resist
Attack damage: attack damage, armor penetration
Ability power: ability power, magic penetration
Attack speed: basic attack speed
Ability haste: ability cooldowns, mana

The combos in the tables below, grouped by shape; not a ranking or a verdict. Each item goes to the family its stats are worth the most gold in, and a shape is how many of the 3 core items fall in each family. Effects (passives) are not counted, and items without stats are left out. Runes are grouped by keystone and the most common tree among the rest. The icons show the most common combo of each shape. A shape at 10% or more counts as a pattern; shapes under 3% get no card. Less common item families are families whose items appear in under 10% of the Chinese combos but do show up in overseas guides or streamer and pro builds. Their icons are separate item options seen in those sources, not one build. Families are listed by how many sources they appear in.

Core itemsNearly all one shape

100%Ability power ×3

Runes3 patterns

65.5%Arcane CometInspiration ×3

16%ConquerorPrecision ×3

12.8%Arcane CometPrecision ×3

5.6%Fleet FootworkInspiration ×3

Core items (3)17 combos, by pick rateby win rate

CombinationPickWin
18.6%51.7%
13.4%45.8%
5.3%45.7%
5.2%43.9%
4.6%46.6%
2.9%47.2%
2.6%51.3%
2.1%53.5%
2.1%43.8%
1.9%42.7%
1.8%48.7%
1.6%50.0%
1.6%49.7%
1.5%47.3%
1.5%47.3%
1.4%49.1%
1.0%45.6%

Runes12 combos, by pick rateby win rate

CombinationPickWin
16.2%43.9%
12.9%49.2%
10.4%50.1%
10.4%44.2%
9.4%42.4%
6.6%44.8%
4.9%49.0%
2.8%43.4%
2.1%46.6%
1.9%48.6%
1.8%46.4%
1.6%44.0%

Summoner spells7 combos, by pick rateby win rate

CombinationPickWin
45.7%46.8%
37.5%45.2%
7.4%45.8%
2.8%46.4%
2.8%46.1%
1.8%49.2%
1.8%42.6%

Pick and win rates are Tencent's own figures, shown as published (sample sizes are not published).

Streamer and pro builds1 builds

Streamer / proCore itemsKeystone, spells
月游神

Chinese streamer and pro builds published by Tencent (pros first). Support items are not included.

Patch Changes

Ver. 7

History7.0dNew7.1Changed7.1dChanged7.3Changed

7.3Changed2026-09-22

Base Stats

Attack Speed Ratio: 0.625
Base Attack Speed: 0.625
Base Bonus Attack Speed: 0.2
Attack Speed per Level: 0.016

7.1dChanged2026-04-28

Radiant Volley

Damage per explosion: 13/16/19/22 + 7% Ability Power → 11/14/17/20 + 6% Ability Power
Minion modifier: 75% → 90%

Rebuttal

Cooldown: 32/29/26/23s → 38/36/34/32s

7.1Changed2026-04-07

Searing Brilliance

Ability Power ratio of execute threshold per stack: 0.6% → 0.5%

Solar Snare

Root duration: 1.2/1.35/1.5/1.65s → 1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5s
Base damage on direct hit: 60/120/180/240 → 55/110/165/220

Golden Eclipse

Ability Power ratio of the Additional damage: 3% → 2.5%

7.0dNew2026-03-04

Released as a new champion

Patch notes 7.3d and earlier versions

Analysis

Nothing equipped

Combat Power at Lv15 is 11,070 (#94 of 142, #18 of 35 Mage). Up from #124 at Lv1: it grows with levels.

LvLv 15

Stats 77% · Skills 23%

Growth by level

MelMedianMage median

Shape of ability effects

Lv15

Damage1,941

Crowd control580

Movement6

1.5sTime the enemy is stopped per fight

Growth by level

Lv	CP	Median	Mage median	Rank
1	5,439	5,897	5,714	124
2	5,682	6,459	6,259	138
3	6,559	6,934	6,752	108
4	7,093	7,485	7,216	105
5	7,313	7,899	7,670	116
6	7,528	8,244	7,957	122
7	8,184	8,552	8,318	101
8	8,503	8,948	8,677	101
9	8,847	9,378	9,078	104
10	9,033	9,716	9,354	110
11	9,641	10,018	9,679	97
12	10,078	10,461	10,133	98
13	10,280	10,786	10,339	101
14	10,502	11,138	10,720	103
15	11,070	11,462	11,070	94

Shape of ability effects

Lv15

Level 15 values with nothing equipped.

AttackDefenseMobility

- Magic damage (Projectile Burst, 3 bolts)488G
Combat only: 50%At most once per 8sDamage valued like healing
- Magic damage (total)987G
Combat only: 50%At most once per 8sSkill ranks from level
- +30% move speed (decaying)32G
Combat only: 50%Survival factorMove speed % as flatChampion medianSkill ranks from level
- Center-hit damage868G
- Zone DoT damage1,579G
- Crowd control1,210G
Combat only: 50%One fight per 90sFight length: 10 sChampion medianSkill ranks from level
- Magic damage121G
Combat only: 50%Damage valued like healingSkill ranks from level

Gold values with nothing equipped. Ratios such as AP grow with your build in the Build Lab. Tap a row to see the formula.

Assumptions

Combat only: 50%

Effects that only work in combat or under a condition are counted as active half the time. The same rule applies to every rune and spell.

At most once per 8s

Effects that re-trigger on attacks are counted at most once every 8 seconds, since a single fight only allows so many procs.

Damage valued like healing

Damage to an enemy is valued like healing yourself the same amount, priced with the health regen rate.

Skill ranks from level

A champion's ability values depend on rank, so rank is derived from level. The ultimate ranks up at levels 5 / 9 / 13. Remaining points go to abilities 1 → 2 → 3 in turn (1 / 0 / 0 at level 1, 4 / 4 / 4 at level 15). Which ability to max first is a judgement call, so every champion uses the same order. Abilities with a different number of ranks (such as Jayce's 5) follow the same rule, raising the lowest-ranked ability one point at a time; an ability learned from level 1 starts at rank 1.

Survival factor

Moving faster by some % is counted as that % more effective health, since speed lets you dodge and escape. Value = median max health × the speed gain × the health price.

Move speed % as flat

Move speed % is converted to flat move speed against the median base speed of 350, then priced at the flat rate.

Champion median

Values that depend on the champion, such as health, use the median of all champions at level 1 and level 15.

One fight per 90s

A 15-minute match is assumed to have 10 fights. Shields and damage blocks that work once per fight are counted as extra health in every fight.

Fight length: 10 s

Crowd control that stops the enemy (stun, charm, etc.) is treated as time you aren't being hit. A fight is assumed to last 10 s, so it counts as holding seconds ÷ 10 × median max health in extra health each fight. Uses are capped like shields: the fewer of cooldown uses and fights.

Line: min to max · tick: median

HP2,280#120

Armor100#82

Magic Resist53#82

Attack102#107

Attack Speed0.890#107

Move Speed355#14

HP regen15#116

MP1,166#30

MP regen24#72

Lv 15	Mel	Min	Median	Max
HP	2,280	1,832	2,422	2,732
Armor	100	34	104	127
Magic Resist	53	45	60	80
Attack	102	50	109.5	147
Attack Speed	0.890	0.735	0.951	1.252
Move Speed	355	335	350	360
HP regen	15	14	19	29
MP	1,166	802	1,080	1,390
MP regen	24	16	25	36

Rank and min to max are among all 142 champions. Mana stats are among the 119 champions that use mana.

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