Arcane’s cunning politician, Mel Medarda is joining the League of Legends (LoL) champion roster soon! With the arrival of LoL 2025 Season 1 focused on Noxus, the heir of Medarda returns to her homeland with newly discovered powers.
We already know that she’s a mage champion that can be a midlaner or support. Let’s dive into more about Mel in League of Legends, like her abilities, lore, and release date.
Who is Mel Medarda?
Mel Medarda is one of the original characters introduced in Arcane. The Netflix series based on League of Legends lore immediately showed her character in its first season’s opening episode. She is originally from Noxus and is the daughter of Ambessa Medarda, a powerful conqueror who takes pride in her strength. Ambessa was also a major character in Arcane and the latest champion added to the Rift.
In Arcane, we saw her as one of Piltover’s finest and smartest strategists, sitting at the Council. Her later encounter with the Black Rose awakened the dormant magical abilities in her, making her the powerful mage that she is now. After Arcane Season 2 ended, Mel appeared in the LoL 2025 Season 1 cinematic in Noxian attire. She is now back home in Noxus, seeking truth, answers, and justice.
Complete Guide to Mel League of Legends Abilities
Mel’s ability kit is a unique one, focused on reflection of projectiles and burst damage. Her biggest defining skill is her W – Rebuttal—the skill that allows her to shoot a slightly nerfed projectile right back at the enemy. Her abilities make her so much suited to the mid lane and as a support.
Passive – Searing Brilliance
Using abilities gives Mel up to nine bonus projectiles for her next attack. She also stacks Overwhelm on enemies every time her attacks land. This stacked Overwhelm can execute them when it deals enough damage.
Q – Radiant Volley
With her Q, Mel unleashes nine explosive projectiles that deal 212 total magic damage in the target area. Combined with her E, Radiant Volley is effective as a poking tool.
W – Rebuttal
Mel’s bread-and-butter ability creates a shield that prevents her from taking any damage. Instead, it bounces enemy projectiles right back at them while giving her a speed boost.
The reflected shots, if they are linear, will go straight back into the direction they came from. However, those that follow a target, like Briar’s ult, will go back to their caster. All reflected shots will deal 41% of the original damage.
E – Solar Snare
Mel traps enemies with a glowing orb that roots them for 1.75 seconds. It also creates a danger zone that slows and damages all enemies that enter it.
R – Golden Eclipse
Mel’s ultimate hits every enemy marked with Overwhelm, no matter where they are on the Rift. Each stack of Overwhelm makes it hurt even more.
When Can You Play Mel?
Riot Games will release Mel and all her League of Legends abilities with patch 25.S1.2. on January 23, 2025. For now, she’s only available in the Public Beta Environment (PBE) servers.
You can unlock her once she’s available in the original servers for 975 RP or 7800 Blue Essence. Better yet, if you complete the seasonal missions during this Noxus-themed season, you’ll get her for free!
Mel’s in-game model will have her dressed in an elegant Noxian gown as her default skin. If you miss her councilor dress in Arcane, though, you can grab the Arcane Councilor skin for 1350 RP.
Conclusion
Mel and her unique abilities are such welcome additions to League of Legends. She seems fun to play and fits both players that want kits with both offense and defense. She will also potentially introduce Noxus better to both League and Arcane fans. Are you excited for her too?
