Mid · 70 games · EUW

Mel

Mid · 47% of games Bot · 47%

On average ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes (+219 gold).

Win rate: 48.6%; ±11.7 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: C; #44 of 72
Pick rate: 1.1%; ban 6.0%
Games: 70; ranked solo/duo

Mel mid wins 48.6% of 70 ranked games in EUW, rank 44 of 72 mid champions (tier C). Most players finish Luden's Echo first, at about 10:36.

The build at a glance

What most Mel players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Luden's Echo 10:40 · 55% · 36 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes 11:42 · 77% of games

Item 2

Shadowflame 18:36 · 81% · 22 games

Item 3

Rabadon's Deathcap 24:42 · 100% · 11 games

Item 4 · late game

Void Staff 31:30 · 5 of 19 games

Runes

Arcane Comet · Sorcery + Precision 37% of games · 54% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 96% of games · 49% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Teleport 73% of games · 49% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Radiant Volley first 97% of games · 49% wins Skill orders →

When Mel wins

Win rate by game length

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′52% wins39% of games · 27

Lasts 25′ or more46% wins59% of games · 41

Lanes

Watch out for Ahri

Hard Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Mel games

First tower: 71% against 28%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First tower 28% 71% +43

First Baron 34% 73% +39

Rift Herald 32% 67% +34

First dragon 36% 65% +29

First blood 38% 61% +23

First Voidgrubs 57% 39% −17

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Mel plays

More multikills, fewer assists

What stands out (10% or more) against the average mid laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

More multikills a game1.24 against 0.79 · +57%

Fewer assists a game4.0 against 6.2 · −36%

More solo kills a game2.3 against 1.9 · +21%

More control wards a game0.76 against 0.64 · +19%

Less damage to towers6289 against 7210 · −13%

About average: share of team damage, kill participation, vision.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~10:54

Item 2done ~18:42

Item 3done ~24:06

Item 4done ~28:24

Item 5done ~31:54

Most common full builds

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap 45.5%11 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap 83.3%6 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Zhonya's Hourglass 33.3%3 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Shadowflame 53%17

Rabadon's Deathcap 46%13

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion49.3%67

Boots + Refillable Potion100.0%1

Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health Potion0.0%1

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes ~11:4244.4%54

Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~9:4872.7%11

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport49.0%51

Flash + Ghost37.5%8

Flash + Ignite40.0%5

Skills

Max

W48.5%68

Max

E50.0%2

Start

W44.4%45

Start

W50.0%10

Hard lanes

Watch out for Ahri

Easy lanes

No clearly easy lane yet

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Ahead at 15 against 1 of 1, wins 0 of them

Expected: what Mel's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (9)

Syndra 40% · 5

Zoe 50% · 4

Sylas 50% · 4

Hwei 67% · 3

Akali 33% · 3

LeBlanc 33% · 3

Lux 33% · 3

Aurora 0% · 3

Yone 33% · 3

Mel vs Ahri · 12 games · Early read

Mel does worse than expected here

42%winsexpected 48%

+344gold at 15′average +219

+10.9minions at 10′ahead or behind

17%in on first bloodsolo kills +1.33 a game

Gold lead against Ahri Mel's average lead

Against Ahri, Mel is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 75% of games and wins 44% of those. When behind, Mel wins 33%.

Ahead at 15′44% wins9 games

Behind at 15′33% wins3 games

Full Mel vs Ahri page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Enemy top Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy jungle Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy bot Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy support Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies about as often as most mid laners, and more of it is ganks

Before 14 minutes Mel dies 2.3 times a game (average 2.3). 56% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 48% for the average mid laner. 29% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.3deaths per game before 14′about average (2.3)

56%involve the enemy junglermore than average (48%)

71%outnumbered (2+ enemies)more than average (67%)

66%with no teammate nearmore than average (61%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Mel dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

Ganks: 37% in your half of mid. Collapses: 32% in your half of mid. 1-v-1s: 70% in your half of mid.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average mid laner

What kills Mel

Kind of death

Mel Average

Gank 56% (avg 48%)Collapse 16% (avg 19%)1-v-1 29% (avg 33%)

Who gets the kill

Mel Average

Bot laner 8% (avg 7%)Jungler 39% (avg 27%)Support 4% (avg 7%)Mid laner 44% (avg 54%)Top laner 6% (avg 5%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00–5:00 and 7:00–10:00, then every minute

Mel Peak Average mid laner

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Ward the river before 3:00 and 7:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Mel; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Mel wins fights

Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your half of mid

Before 14 minutes: 7.5 kills per death in their jungle against 0.4 in your half of mid. Overall 1.3 kills per death.

Your half of mid 0.4 K/D 28 / 73

Their half of mid 2.6 K/D 63 / 24

The bot-side river 2.6 K/D 39 / 15

Your jungle 0.6 K/D 13 / 21

Their jungle 7.5 K/D 30 / 4

The top-side river 1.3 K/D 14 / 11

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Mel wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsNo clear difference yetNear 33% of their team's dragon takes (average mid laner 27%). The team wins 67% when Mel is there and 70% when not.

Mel

What most Mel players run

Win rate by game length

Watch out for Ahri

First tower: 71% against 28%

More multikills, fewer assists

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

Watch out for Ahri

No clearly easy lane yet

Ahead at 15 against 1 of 1, wins 0 of them

Mel does worse than expected here

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Mel's games

Dies about as often as most mid laners, and more of it is ganks

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

What kills Mel

Ganks come at 3:00–5:00 and 7:00–10:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your half of mid

Wins fights in the bot-side river, loses them in your half of mid

Where fights happen