Sorcery
Phase Rush
Axiom Arcanist
Absolute Focus
By GamGem ResearchLast updated 25 Sept 2026
Mel
The Soul's Reflection
Mage
Patch 7.3 · Mid · Ranked · Sample · No public API · 11,457 games · Sample data
Role snapshot (Mid)
BTier
- Win Rate
- 46.2%
- Pick Rate
- 4.0%
- Ban Rate
- 22.5%
11,457
Games
Moderate
Confidence
Popular build
5,270 games46.6%Win Rate
Flash
IgniteReliable build
3,781 games45.3%Win Rate
Flash
GhostHigh observed win rate
1,375 games48.7%Win Rate
Flash
BarrierRunes
Resolve
Unshakeable
Skill Order
Which ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Mel's most common path.
QRadiant Volley
WRebuttal
ESolar Snare
RGolden Eclipse
Max Order
QWE
Max Q first, then W, then E. Take R whenever available (5 / 9 / 13).
Level-up Order
- QRadiant Volley
- WRebuttal
- ESolar Snare
- RGolden Eclipse
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QRadiant Volley | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||
| WRebuttal | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||
| ESolar Snare | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||
| RGolden Eclipse | R | R | R |
Matchup map (Mid)
How Mel performs against enemy mid laners
Levels 1 – 15 · Sample40%60%Mel's win rate
Conditional build matrix
Recommended items by enemy team composition
Sample · Patch 7.3
Core 1First major item
Core 2Second item
Core 3Third item
BootsBoot slot
SituationalPick as needed
Scaling — level 1–15
MelMid average
1815
1815
1815
Counter plan — how to beat Mel
Dodge the primary — its rotation is one skillshot; sidestep it and the rest is chip
Punish the cooldown — Mel is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit medium difficulty, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
Trade on your terms — take the fight where its damage lands on nobody
Ability details
PSearing Brilliance
Passive — never cast
- Q
Radiant Volley
- W
Rebuttal
- E
Solar Snare
- R
Golden Eclipse
ARAM performance
B
- Win Rate
- 49.6%
- ▲ 0.6%
- Pick Rate
- 5.0%
- ▼ 1.4%
- Ban Rate
- 3.3%
- ▲ 0.7%
Best ARAM build
Patch timeline
We hold the rates, not the balance log. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
- 7.3Live now-0.9
- 7.2eSample win rate across this patch+0.4
- 7.2Sample win rate across this patch-0.4
- 7.1hSample win rate across this patch+0.7
- 7.1Sample win rate across this patch+0.1
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Methodology
- Data window
- 286,420 games on patch 7.3, Ranked, No public API. Last refreshed 25 Sept 2026.
- Rank aggregation
- No rank split. A derived sample has no brackets to pool, so none is claimed — the rates are the same sample at every rank.
- Role assignment
- A champion is filed under the lanes it actually plays, not the one class it belongs to — which is why several appear in two.
- Counters
- A matchup, not a tier gap: how this champion does into that one specifically, over that pairing’s own games.
- Minimum sample
- The confidence indicator beside every rate is driven by how much of the window this champion appears in. A low reading means read the figure loosely, not that it is wrong.
- Why a build is not a cause
- The best-scoring build is the one the best-placed players happened to take. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying those items caused the wins.
- Where the numbers come from
- Names, titles, classes, difficulty and ability names are read off Riot's official Wild Rift site. Lanes are this site's filing; items and runes are Wild Rift's patch 7.3 shop and rune tree. Every rate is a derived sample — Riot publishes no Wild Rift API, and nothing on this page presents one as measured.
Mel on video
Published by League of Legends: Wild Rift on YouTube, 12 March 2026.
It plays in YouTube’s own player once you press play. Nothing is downloaded or re-hosted here, and nothing loads from YouTube until then.