How to beat Mel
Common role: Mid / Support
A radiant mage whose barrier reflects your own spells back at you.
Best counters vs Mel
Champions with the highest win rate against Mel on their main role — real ranked match data, patch 16.14.
- 1
Vladimir66.5%41 games
- 2
Veigar63.0%64 games
- 3
Hwei62.1%70 games
- 4
Zeri60.2%115 games
- 5
Corki62.1%50 games
- 6
Kog'Maw61.6%55 games
- 7
Ziggs58.9%373 games
- 8
Nilah61.4%46 games
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What makes Mel dangerous
Mel stacks Overwhelm with volleys of projectiles, roots in a radiant orb (E), and her W is the nightmare: a barrier that REFLECTS every projectile back at the attacker. Her ultimate strikes every marked enemy across any distance, executing stacked targets.
How to play against Mel
- 1HOLD your projectiles during her W — ults have been reflected into own teams.
- 2Melee and non-projectile damage ignore the reflect — dive her with those.
- 3Shed Overwhelm stacks by backing off before her R threshold.
- 4Immobile outside W speed — hard engage sticks.
Weaknesses to exploit
- ✓The reflect has a cooldown — bait it with cheap spells.
- ✓Squishy and dash-less.
- ✓Stack-dependent execute: resets punish her patience.
- ✓Weak against melee all-ins that feed nothing to reflect.
Abilities & how to counter them
What each of Mel's abilities does — and how to play around it.
P
灼熱の輝きスキルを使用するたび、次の通常攻撃で追加の飛翔物を3発発射する(最大9発までスタック可能)。スキルまたは通常攻撃でダメージを与えると、敵に「圧倒」のスタックを付与する。これは無限にスタックする。敵に蓄積した「圧倒」スタックが一定のダメージ量に達すると、スタックを消費して敵にとどめを刺す。
Strong: casts add bonus projectiles to her next attack; Overwhelm stacks toward an execute. Weak: stacks decay — reset the fight and her math resets too.
Q
輝きの連撃指定地点に向かって複数の飛翔物を連続で発射する。飛翔物は爆発して範囲内の敵に繰り返しダメージを与える。
Strong: a repeating barrage zone for poke and stacks. Weak: a visible target area — strafe out between pulses.
W
反駁自身の周囲にバリアを形成する。このバリアは敵の発射物をその敵に向けて反射し、自身が受けるダメージを防ぎ、自身の移動速度を増加させる。
Strong: REFLECTS every projectile back at the attacker. Weak: a long cooldown — bait it with cheap spells, then unload.
E
陽光の枷前方に輝くオーブを発射し、中心にいた敵にはスネア効果を与え、周囲にいた敵にはスロウ効果と継続ダメージを与える。
Strong: a rooting orb with a slowing damage field. Weak: the root is only the orb's centre — graze the rim safely.
R
黄金蝕距離に関係なく、「圧倒」を付与しているすべての敵を攻撃し、「圧倒」のスタック数に応じて追加ダメージを与える。「黄金蝕」のスキルレベルが上がると、「圧倒」のダメージが増加する。
Strong: strikes ALL Overwhelm-marked enemies at ANY distance. Weak: damage scales on stacks — shed them by disengaging early.
Itemization
Bait the barrier with cheap casts, then unload. Melee dives ignore her signature tool entirely.
This guide covers Mel's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.
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