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
이글거리는 광휘멜이 스킬을 사용할 때마다 다음 기본 공격 시 투사체가 3개 (최대 9개) 추가됩니다.멜이 스킬 또는 기본 공격으로 피해를 입히면 무한히 중첩할 수 있는 압도를 적용합니다. 압도 피해가 충분한 상태에서 멜의 공격이 적에게 적중하면 중첩을 소모하여 대상을 처형합니다.
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
빛의 세례멜이 대상 지점 주위에 폭발하는 투사체를 퍼부어 해당 지역 안에 있는 적에게 반복해서 피해를 입힙니다.
Strong: a repeating barrage zone for poke and stacks. Weak: a visible target area — strafe out between pulses.
W
반박멜이 자신을 방어막으로 감싸 적 투사체를 공격자에게 반사하고 자신이 받는 피해를 막으며 이동 속도를 얻습니다.
Strong: REFLECTS every projectile back at the attacker. Weak: a long cooldown — bait it with cheap spells, then unload.
E
태양 올가미멜이 전방으로 찬란한 구체를 발사하여 중심에 있는 적을 속박하는 한편 그 주변에 있는 적을 둔화시키며 지속 피해를 입힙니다.
Strong: a rooting orb with a slowing damage field. Weak: the root is only the orb's centre — graze the rim safely.
R
황금 일식멜이 압도 중첩이 적용된 모든 적을 거리와 상관없이 공격하여 압도 중첩당 추가 피해를 입힙니다.황금 일식의 레벨이 높을수록 압도의 피해가 커집니다.
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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