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Mel Synergies Patch 16.18: Best and Worst Picks with Mel

Find the best champions to pair with Mel for Mid Lane using win rate data on LoLTheory. Optimize your team composition in LoL Season 16 Patch 16.18.

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Best Picks with Mel

Champions that perform well alongside Mel in team compositions. Listed by highest win rates when paired with Mel in Platinum ranked matches.
ChampionRoleWR%
MilioMilio4.74% PR 53.21% LucianLucian4.38% PR 51.35% Master YiMaster Yi4.38% PR 50.87% NasusNasus5.47% PR 49.66% YunaraYunara6.20% PR 49.61% LuluLulu8.03% PR 49.53% JinxJinx9.12% PR 47.39% CaitlynCaitlyn6.57% PR 47.22% GravesGraves4.38% PR 46.87% SennaSenna4.01% PR 46.62% TristanaTristana8.03% PR 46.34% Lee SinLee Sin9.85% PR 45.94% NautilusNautilus6.93% PR 45.92% JhinJhin9.49% PR 44.52%

Worst Picks with Mel

Champions that underperform when paired with Mel. Ranked by lowest win rates when on the same team in Platinum matches.
ChampionRoleWR%
YoneYone5.11% PR 42.88% Kai'SaKai'Sa10.22% PR 42.88% AlistarAlistar4.01% PR 42.89% MalphiteMalphite4.74% PR 42.93% ViegoViego8.03% PR 42.98% JayceJayce4.38% PR 43.17% SylasSylas5.11% PR 43.23% HecarimHecarim4.01% PR 43.30% EzrealEzreal4.38% PR 43.56% SivirSivir4.01% PR 43.72% PykePyke4.38% PR 43.89% BardBard4.74% PR 43.99% ThreshThresh6.93% PR 44.05% JhinJhin9.49% PR 44.52%
Learn how to play with Mel with these essential tips.
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Wait for Mel's E to land before diving into a fight — the root and its expanding slow field give you enough time to close the distance and chain your own crowd control.
Lane Phase
Mel's W is her only defensive tool and comes back slowly — once it's down she has nothing left to avoid burst, making this the best window to force a fight.
Team Fight Skirmish
If Mel destroys an enemy's projectile with her W, it fires back at them as her own — bait a key ability out before engaging so the reflected damage lands on top of your own.
Advanced Team Fight Skirmish
Look for the glowing mark above enemies hit by Mel's passive — the brighter it glows, the closer that target is to being executed by her stored damage.
Basic Lane Phase Team Fight Skirmish
Mel's ultimate has global range and can hit any enemy still carrying her passive stacks — let her know if a low-health target you were fighting is retreating so she can finish them as long as your team still has vision on them.
Team Fight Skirmish Late Game
Mel's Q travels and explodes with sight through brush and terrain — ask her to fire it into contested brush or over walls before committing to fights around objectives.
Late Game
Mel spikes hard at levels 3-4 once she has points in both her Q and E — look to gank around this timing since her damage and follow-up burst increase noticeably.
Basic Lane Phase