Mel Medarda is the newest Champion added in the latest patch 25.S1.2 update on January 23, 2025. She became quite popular with the community first through Arcane and soon got added to the game. Let’s dive into some of the current best Mel League of Legends build.
Mel is classified as a burst type mage that also has great utility for supporting roles. As of current, she is mainly played either as a mid laner or support, but she is also proven to be viable in the top lane.
Mel Mid Lane Build
Playing Mel in the mid lane is the most popular pick choice for the Champion. She is currently considered a B-tier Champion based on the analysis of over 50,000+ matches. She specializes in her high burst and the capability to reflect most projectile abilities in the game.
Here is the most popular mid lane build for Mel in the current Meta of League of Legends:
Summoner Spells:
- Flash
- Teleport
Runes:
For the Primary tree:
- Arcane Comet as keystone
- Manaflow Band
- Transcendence
- Scorch
While for the Secondary tree:
- Presence of Mind
- Coup de Grace
And for Rune shards:
- Ability Haste
- Adaptive Force
- Health Scaling
Build:
For starter items in the beginning of the game, you should get:
- Doran’s Ring
- Two Health Potions
- Stealth Ward
Early game Items:
- Lost Chapter
- Boots
Your core items should be:
- Luden’s Companion
- Sorcerer’s Boots
- Shadowflame
The full build you would want is:
- Luden’s Companion
- Sorcerer’s Boots
- Shadowflame
- Rabadon’s Deathcap
- Void Staff
- Zhonya’s Hourglass
Situational Items:
- Horizon Focus – Alternative to Rabadon’s Deathcap to deal more damage from longer range against immobilized enemies.
- Liandry’s Torment – Alternative to Rabadon’s Deathcap to deal with tankier enemy compositions.
- Cryptbloom – Alternative to Rabadon’s Deathcap to provide some area heal support to your allies for every takedown.
- Cosmic Drive – Alternative to Void Staff, effective for enemy Champions with low mobility.
- Banshee’s Veil – Alternative to Void Staff, to add defense against burst type enemy Champions.
- Morellonomicon – Alternative to Zhonya’s Hourglass, for enemy composition with high sustainability like heavy healing or regen.
Skill Build:
The current ideal Skill build for Mel in League of Legends is prioritizing Q, then E, and lastly W.
Mel Support Build
Playing Mel as Support in League of Legends is similar with the Mid build with only few alterations.
Summoner’s Spells:
- Flash
- Heal
Runes:
Primary tree:
- Arcane Comet
- Manaflow Band
- Transcendence
- Scorch
Secondary tree:
- Presence of Mind
- Coup de Grace
Rune shards:
- Ability Haste
- Adaptive Force
- Health Scaling
Builds:
Starter Items:
- World Atlas
- Two Health Potions
- Stealth Ward
Early Items:
- Amplifying Tome
- Boots
Core Items:
- Zaz’Zak’s Realmspike
- Sorcerer’s Boots
- Luden’s Companion
Full Items:
- Zaz’Zak’s Realmspike
- Sorcerer’s Boots
- Luden’s Companion
- Shadowflame
- Horizon Focus
- Rabadon’s Deathcap
Situational Items:
- Liandry’s Torment – Alternative for Shadowflame, against tankier enemy lineup.
- Cosmic Dive – Alternative for Shadowflame, to deal with low mobility Champions.
- Archangel’s Staff – Alternative for Shadowflame, for various situations and to last longer in teamfights.
- Morellonomicon – Alternative for Horizon Focus, to deal with high sustainability lineups.
- Zhonya’s Hourglass – Alternative for Horizon Focus, to have more survivability.
- Cryptbloom – Alternative for Rabadon’s Deathcap, to provide heal for allies in every takedown.
Skill Build:
For a Support Mel in League of Legends, the Skill Build is recommended to still follow the Q-E-W.
Playing Guide
Now that you have some insights into how to build Mel in League of Legends, let’s look at some of the best ways to play her.
- Always try to consume your passive on enemy Champions instead of minions.
- Practice aiming and executing your Q and E as this is your main damage source. It is also good to keep poking your enemy in the Lane.
- Keep your W to counter major attacks. Practice not using it to reflect every attack and keep it for crucial moments.
Conclusion
Mel Medarda is one of the key characters introduced in the series “Arcane”. She became a prominent character to the story which sealed her status enough to be added to the game as a playable Champion.
Fans of the Arcane, especially of Mel, would surely find it a blast to play as her in the game. Being relatively new, we hope that the builds for either Mid or Support for Mel makes you feel the Arcane power in League of Legends.
