How to play Mel in League of Legends

Fresh from his ordeals in SecretMel Medarda is the latest champion to join the list League of Legendsarriving just a few months after his mother, Ambessa. In the game, Mel is a mage with tons of damage and a signature ability that allows her to deflect enemy projectiles right back at them.

She seems to be primarily designed for Mid Lane, but with tons of AOE damage and more projectiles to block in the duo lane, she'll likely join the ever-growing list of bot lane mages. There is also room for her to be played as a mage Support, similar to how Lux works. This guide on how to play Mel in League will cover her abilities, tips and build preferences, although the latter will of course change with Ligand endless updates.

Mel's abilities and tips in League Of Legends

Passive – burning brilliance

Mel's Attacks and Abilities apply stacks of Overwhelm each time they deal damage, store damage per stack of magic damage. When applied, if the stored amount exceeds the enemy's combined shields and health, they are was executed.

When an Ability is cast, Mel's next Attack fires 3 extra projectileseach deals magic damage. This effect can stack up to 9 projectiles.

• Be careful not to accidentally waste her extra attacks on minions or suboptimal targets during a fight.

• The extra projectiles stay stored when you attack wards, so don't worry about wasting them.

• Stacks of Overwhelm last 6 seconds.

Q – Radiant Volley

Mel unleashes a barrage of 6 projectiles that explodes in the area around a target location.

Each explosion deals magic damage,

• 25% reduced damage against minions.

• Similar to Syndra's Q.

W – Rebuttal

Mel forms a barrier around herself which reflects projectiles from the master of the enemy, preventing her from taking damageand grants her 30% movement speed reduction for 1 second.

Reflected projectiles deal a percentage of the original damage.

• Doesn't work against towers.

• Remember that it also blocks non-projectiles, even if it doesn't reflect them.

• This ability has a long cooldown, so don't waste it.

• Be careful what you reflect. For example, Amumu's Q will cause her to travel to him, which Mel doesn't want in most situations.

• Anything blocked by Yasuo's Windwall can be reflected by Mel.

• Movement speed can be used to escape in rare situations.

E – Solar Snare

Mel fires a radiant orb, rooting enemies in its center for 1.75 seconds and dealing magic damage.

The orb builds up a hostile area around it that slows enemies by 30% and deals magic damage per second.

• 50% damage against minions.

• You can Flash-E to make it travel further or change its direction.

R – Golden Eclipse

Passive: Overwhelm damage increases.

Active: Mel unleashes her power on all enemies affected by Overwhelmdeal magic damage plus extra damage per Overwhelm stack.

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

• Mel has 6 seconds since the last time an enemy damaged him to cast his ult.

• This is technically global if an enemy managed to escape with something like Ryze's ult.

• It can damage monsters like Baron, but only if she has damaged a champion to be able to cast it.

Mel's Build In League Of Legends

Mel Ability Max Order

Since Mel's primary purpose is to do damage, she wants to do it max her Q firstbecause it matters most. It can also have a low cooldown, allowing Mel to proc her passive attacks more often.

There is one argument to max W second before Ebut only if players want the defensive value, primarily provided by a significantly lower cooldown. Max E second for maximum damage.

Of course, put points into her ult whenever possible at levels 6, 11, and 16.

Mel Runes

Like many mages, Mel works great with Incredible comet and the accompanying Sorcery Runes. It can even reflect a projectile.

For minor runes, anything that helps her with Mana, lowers her cooldowns, or gives her more damage is generally good.

She could also use Electrocution, Call Aery, Phase Rushand First strike as alternative Keystones. One to miss is Dark Harvest as her passive will likely kill enemies before the rune.

Boots for Mel

As with other magicians, Mel has a few choices when it comes to Boots. Ideally she would get Wizard shoes for more damage or Lucidity Boots for lower cooldowns.

However, in some matches she can take advantage of the defensive option, Mercery's Treads or Plated steel covers against heavy magical damage or attack damage.

Core items for Mel

Mel naturally wants AP most of all, but also needs Mana due to some high costs. Other stats on her wishlist are Ability Haste, Health, and Penetration, either flat or percentage.

• Blackfire Torch: This works perfectly with her passive and ult, as she gains more AP for each enemy hit. She can then unleash a massive ult. It gives Mana and HP on top of AP.
• Archangel's Staff: Gives Mel great scale and she doesn't have to worry about Mana. Once stacked in Seraph's embraceshe will also have a shield.
• Shadowflame: The flat penetration helps her kill squishes and the passive helps bring enemies closer to her passive's execution threshold.
• Rabadon's Death Cap: Great for scaling and allows for more passive and ultimate damage.
• Invalid Staff: Essential for taking down champions with Magic Resist.

Other articles For Mel

• Zhonya's hourglass: Great against AD and assassins or special burst abilities.
• Banshee's Veil: Taken when the enemy has tons of AP and the enchantment shield keeps her safer.
• Lich Bane: Can work well with her passive auto attacks if Sheen procs are woven properly.
• Morellonomicon: Needed vs a lot of healing.
• Liandry's Torment: Good vs tanky teams with lots of HP.
• Cosmic Drive: Gives Mel more Movement Speed ​​to pull with.
• Luden's companion: Good for burst and wave clear.
• Horizon focus: Great for ranged damage if her enemies are ranged.
• Mejai's Soulstealer: Good if Mel is ahead and players feel safe enough to carry without dying much.