Mel Counters

Best picks against Mel

Highest win rate versus Mel in Mid.

1. 1Fizz648 games60.5%
2. 2Irelia351 games60.4%
3. 3Syndra677 games59.4%
4. 4Swain100 games59.0%
5. 5Xerath890 games58.1%
6. 6Aurelion Sol436 games58.0%
7. 7Taliyah101 games57.4%
8. 8Lissandra432 games57.2%
9. 9Cho'Gath439 games57.2%
10. 10Kayle522 games56.9%
11. 11Sion146 games56.9%
12. 12Kassadin213 games55.9%
13. 13Malzahar1,191 games55.8%
14. 14Ryze237 games55.7%
15. 15Qiyana232 games55.6%

Worst picks against Mel

Lowest win rate versus Mel in Mid.

1. 1Vex508 games42.9%
2. 2Vel'Koz115 games44.4%
3. 3Orianna438 games44.8%
4. 4Azir172 games44.8%
5. 5Talon185 games45.4%
6. 6Akshan192 games45.8%
7. 7Pantheon107 games46.7%
8. 8LeBlanc383 games47.3%
9. 9Cassiopeia130 games47.7%
10. 10Hwei506 games48.4%
11. 11Brand185 games48.6%
12. 12Ahri2,169 games48.8%

Best lane counters vs Mel

Largest gold lead over Mel at 15 minutes in Mid.

1. 1Irelia208 games+427
2. 2Fizz376 games+302
3. 3Diana260 games+91

How to play against Mel

Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick.

In lane and in teamfights

1. Trade after her W is down instead of firing key projectiles into it. Short, delayed trades stop her from turning your spell back into lane pressure.
2. Sidestep her E before committing forward. If it misses, punish quickly while she has less control over your movement.
3. Avoid starting river fights with slow projectiles into her W. Bait the reflect first, then use direct crowd control or close-range damage.
4. Cleanse marks by disengaging before she can stack and finish with R. Mel needs repeated hits before her execute threat becomes reliable.
5. Hold your most important projectile until her W is visible or on cooldown. One reflected spell can decide a late fight before it starts.

Where Mel is weak

Exploit these in draft and in lane.

• Mel's burst depends on stacking marks first, so quick disengage denies the execute pattern that finishes fights.
• Mel's defensive identity is strongest into projectiles, leaving direct dive and flank pressure harder for her to answer.