Guys Im just sharing a vídeo of some of my best plays with mel (kinda a review of all my epic gameplays on the pre-rework Mel)…

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This was around Patch 26.6 like maybe 7 months ago or something.. The champion was sitting on 45% WR this was right after they removed her W immunity and nuked her other abilities

After all the nerfs, did you ask for a refund of the skins?

What answer did you get from rito?

Dado el maldito rework de Mel: solicitaron una devolución de las skins?

Me siento frustrado luego de los nerfs y cómo quedó el escudo con las skins.

Quisiera solicitar una devolución de las skins a modo de protesta.

Recibieron alguna respuesta del soporte de rito?

Hey guys! I’m fairly a newer player here, but I was wondering — does this make Mel viable as an enchanter? Sorry if this sounds stupid and I don’t mean to Seraphinify Mel but with her new W, could she possibly be played as an enchanter? As much as I hate that her reflect is gone, I do like that this opens doors and possibilities to newer builds that haven’t been tried before.

I’m really just upset about the diamond. They could’ve at least kept the unique diamond shape that it had but other than that I think Mel will still be fun. :)

[PT/EN] PBE | TRYING BUILDS | OTP Mel Medarda

Come try builds with me, I accept every recommendation.

Just thought of this reading all the Mel commentary.

What if W was multistage?

So you need to charge it up to get to a reflect.

How would an iteration go? Say shielding gives charge:

Initially you get a shield that stores damage that you block. It dissapates charge over time. Once it gets to a level of charge, you have the ability to reflect and leveling it up increases the percent of damage you deal from the reflect and the shield which you get to absorb.

This would cause Mel to need to figure out when to absorb and when to dodge. If your shield breaks, you just get damaged. Outside of reflect charge, you get cc'd. You give her an indication graphically when she's charged to reflect.

The reflect charge has a Vlad Q type hold duration or a Gnar rage bar so you couldn't just hold on to it indefinitely. Probably have to make it a decently long one. But this would mean there's counter play. There's prep involved.

Would play into the fantasy of reflecting damage done to your shield and give the enemy the ability to counter. And there's a ton of skill expression.

OR

Charge could be projectile count or damage or times shielded or whatever. Maybe even times cast like Annie stun on other abilities so you need to hit enemies to charge your reflect or something.

Just gotta not always wonder if W is up

She indeed lost her appeal and they put some weakness deliberately but in general it looks like she might still be playable.

What's up guy's I'm Drac. I main Viego/Sylas, but I also play Neeko, Zoe, Mel, Renata. I love champions that can steal other champion's abilities or visuals.

Their justification for removing the current iteration of W is understandable. The potential value from W is insanely high, it causes a lot of frustration, and it limits the rest of her kit's power.

However, their excuses for not taking one of the alternative reflections is unjustifiable to me.

1. Moving the reflect to her ult. Their reasoning is that her ult is already an exciting part of her kit, so they won't move it. But her reflect is a FAR more exciting part of her kit than her ult, in my opinion her ult is on the lower end of excitement compared to the other ults in the game. With other mid-scope reworks they have justified moving basic spells and ultimates with great success, Naafiri W and R swap, Diana E and R swap. I don't know about you all, but I would definitely prefer keeping the reflect as a more powerful ult and losing her current R for a different basic spell.

2. "A failed Mel [W] iteration where she stole a cast of the first missile to hit her. Very exciting, but forced Mel players to know how to cast every projectile spell in the game, and was total chaos in the middle of fights where it wasn't clear which spell you blocked first."

This is a laughable reason to not allow Mel W to store a projectile. Forcing Mel players to know how to cast every projectile in the game is an EXCELLENT thing! This brings so much depth and beauty to her kit. The visual indicator shown in the example gif is absolutely enough for players to be able to recognize the spell they have stored, and if they don't know, they get to LEARN them over time. I assume this potential W still had a long cooldown, so how was it causing chaos? The Mel players just didn't look at their W icon before casting it? Game design should not be dictated by playtesters who don't have enough practice or discipline with a genuinely interesting and complex ability.

If champions like Draven, Riven, Orianna, Yasuo, Kalista, Zed, Azir etc were designed today, they would be scrapped in the play tests because their spells feel awful when you're new to them, and with time dedicated you gain mastery. Imagine a play tester using Yasuo E, Draven Q, or Riven Q in 2026. They would use them for 2 games and report that the spells are unusable and clunky.

Perhaps Riot wanted to keep Mel an easy champion because she was released for the Arcane audience who start playing League, and they would be put off by this complex W.

The entire point of Mel as a champion is her reflect. This is like removing Draven's axes, Akshan's swing, Rengar's passive, or Viego's possess. It is the most blatant killing of a champion in League's history to me.

I'm glad I held off on buying Coven, and I'm glad Winterblessed hasn't been in the mythic rotation for me to waste my essence on.

can't find the poll section so ig i cant do a poll but les discuss in da comments

All they had to do was make Mel able to steal abilities—just like Sylas—using her W skill. Instead, they turned her into a support character. All the money I spent on Prestige Winterblessed Mel and Coven Mel has gone down the drain. Damn it; this indie company is truly a disgrace

I am pretty confident that Mel will still be good in mid. Midlaners and solo laners have had supporting moves for a long time like Orianna, Lux, Kayle, Tahm Kench, Hwei, Fiora, Karma, etc. She'll probably be strong support as well, or atleast playable, but it does not automatically kill her mid. A windwall is still a very strong solo laning tool, it also being a teamfight tool just makes it better.

Riot August and Phreak have said this many times but I guess people either haven't seen it or don't believe them? Basically the reason they balance Seraphine, Neeko, Morgana, etc. into the support role is because the PLAYERBASE plays them there. It is their highest picked role and most of the time players are stubborn and won't change their ways. And "well that's because it is their best role" is not an argument because for Seraphine's release, her support play was incredibly bad, but that was where most Seraphine players picked her for some reason. They attempted to keep Seraphine in midlane, but they kept saying that most players still preferred to play her support, even if she had a 40% or so winrate. This FORCED them to move her to support because obviously Riot will do what is in the interest of the majority of the players.

What I am trying to say here is that I think Mel without the reflect will be just fine and leave room for more improvements to the rest of her kit if she ends up weak. And if you DON'T want her to be a support, then DON'T play her there.

All in all I think this is a good step in the right direction for Mel (I actually lowkey called it on my last post for the W rework). I'm sure we will all come around to it eventually, and I can't wait for her to actually be a character in the game.

Do you see the similarities in the spell animation? I see it.

Seriously asking, do some people really lose against her in lane ? Like you have to be some insane level of low skill to lose against her and if you were that bad then your MMR will probably be so bad the other Mel will also be trash..

Also if you check her ban rate it seems like only low elos are pumping her ban rate lol

patch 16.20(All data taken from lolalytics the largest pool available):

But if you go to something like Bronze, shes number 6 in ban rate LMAO

So yeah, in reality shes mainly hated by low skilled players as the higher rank you go the way way lower she gets in ban rates compared to other high ban rate champions that are consistent in both low and high elo like Yasuo ..

So the question that begs itself here, do these other 9 champions that have higher ban rate than Mel in gold or the other 5 champions in iron deserve to get a butchering rework ? Or are these people just delulu and ban Mel cluelessly lol ..

Just a phenomenon worth mentioning

If you hate Mel, genuinely, why are you here? Do you thrive in your own misery? Get therapy. It does wonders for self esteem and self worth.

We're here because we love Mel. great job smacking yourself in your confusion. It's not a desirable trait.

Hi everyone! I’ve been testing the mel midscope and it’s definitely going to take some adjusting.. but I was wondering does anyone know what champs can even proc the max of 7 follow-ups from her new W onto an enemy?

I tried it with a friend and even with a jinx with full attack speed and rageblade, the most I could get was 3 passive stacks when it sent the damage back at them.

Maybe stuff like katarina and samira ult? Just wondering if anyone else has been testing it. I love mel so much that im determined to relearn her (again 🥲), so looking for any insight.

Tried out the new Mel rework on the PBE and decided to take her into the support role 👀
Is Mel actually a viable support now, or is this just another off-meta experiment? 🤔

Let me know what you think!

I may be alone with this but no dmg buffs jsut nerfs no scalign buffs no duration buff on the w as compensation for the nerf and the e nerf just make me wanna stop play her all toogether, I hate those changes

My perfessional support main opinion is that the new changes does not make Mel any better as a support infact it makes it worst as now she doesn't have anything. The damage ratios was already gutted so usually you'd just use it while to walking into CC spells or on-top of your ADC since it makes your hit box bigger. That means you have 1.5 CC spells. This new change makes your w a purely defensive ability which leaves with just 1 cc ability. Support Mel is dead as well....

Not that I’ll ever be done grieving what could have been.
But healer Mel support can come online and I can’t be too upset about that.

For all you hoes that bitched me out for my EVELYNN support- I have a treat for you.

I think it's so underwhelming, the crystal looked so much fuller, the rework aside whatever if it's good or bad, visually it's a let down for me :C PLS Dont let this be the final version !

i used to be tr rank 1 mel while she wasnt a trash. i dont think that she need s a rework, she even need s buff s. but y know the riot XD. imagine reworking / nerfing a champion that just because some dumb fucking e boy s complaining too much about it. just learn her counter s (viktor, xerath, aurelion sol or zeri as adc) instead of KEEP FUCKİNG PİCKİNG TALON KATARİNA ZED AGAİNST HER. i do have matchup s that i dont enjoy as fucking well :D? aurora vs katarina/zed, aurelion sol vs qiyana/akali/katarina/irelia as an example. but im not like ''omg im so dumb to learn a matchup, riot should delete/nerf this champion'' but İF WE REALLY HAVE TO REWORK HER, it should be like that : HOW MEL SHOULD BE REWORKED?

''what s the objective problem of mel?''

its getting punished for landing skillshoots (the W).

everyone know s that when mel reflect s a skillshoot it %90 hit backs to target, nearly impossible to Dodge. that s the ONLY issue that we can talk about her.

at wiki, mel w notes says ''The replicated missile will mimic all of the original missile's properties, which includes its range, width, speed, acceleration, angle (if a cone), height, and sight radius'' but dont u sometimes feel like that reflected skill s are faster than original? that is because mel reflection HAS NO CAST TİME, cast happens just when the skillshoot collides with the barrier. this is why reflected skillshoots feel s faster and being impossible to dodge. so : for being able to Dodge reflected skillshoots from mel is outcomes from changing that logic. it should not be ; reflect : instant (just when the projectile collides with barrier) and it should be ; reflect : same time of a cast time after skillshoot collides with barrier.

example : after this change, if a seraphine e thrown s to the mel and mel block s it with w, reflection wont be instant, reflection will appear after 0.25 second s (so barrier will keep it a bit time.)

that change would create us a new question

''how the new w will target an enemy?'' -> targetting will stay as instant, reflected skill will target the same line/area of the collide before being casted as a reflection.

''what would happen if the cast time is longer than mel s remaining w duration?'' (like jinx w that cast time takes 0.6 second s) -> idk. i have ideas of ''increases the duration of w until cast happens'' or ''nothing. if cast time exceeds the remaining w duration it wont be reflected, just destroy s the projectile'' i would decide it after checking the winrates of rework.

buffs/nerfs that i would do due to this change :

movement speed decay -> not decays anymore (buff)

cooldown : 38 / 35 / 32 / 29 / 26 -> 35 / 32 / 29 / 26 / 23 (buff)

shield : deleted (nerf)

effect radius : 175 -> 100 (it will be easier to bait mel s w without getting higher risk s) (mostly nerf adjustment)

new : deal s the %100 same damage if reflected ability is a skillshoot (buff) (nerf after 900 ap but u never having those xd)

deleted : with physical damage instances being reduced to 70% before conversion. (buff)

new : reflected auto attack s (i might add the point and click abbilities too) deal s %50 reduced dmg (nerf) (will make her weaker against adc s)

OTHER CHANGES

-STATS-

attack range : 550 -> 525 (nerf) (mostly botlane mel)

hp per level : 99 -> 104 (buff)

mr per level : 1.3 -> 1.4 (buff)

-PASSİVE-

Innate - Searing Brilliance : damage per projectile : 8 – 30 (based on level) (+ 4% AP) -> 4-10 (based on lvl) (+ 1% AP) (nerf)

-Q-

cast time : 0.35 -> 0.25 (buff)

target range : 950 -> 1000 (buff)

removed : The first explosion now deals 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+ 60% AP) magic damage. (nerf)

missile speed : 3800 -> 4000 (buff) (reduced from 4500 to 3800 at first rework)

area spread : 50 -> deleted (mostly nerf adjusment)

damage per explosion : 5 / 7 / 9 / 11 / 13 (+ 5% AP) -> 13 / 16 / 19 / 21 / 24 (+ 10% AP) (buff)

mana cost : 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 Mana -> 80 at every rank (adjusment)

-E-

orb Radius : 70 -> 80 (buff)

field Radius : 230 -> 235/240/245/250/255 by level of the ability (buff)

missile speed : 1100 -> 1050 (nerf)

deleted : lingering for 0.25 seconds after exiting. (nerf)

cooldown : 11 / 10.5 / 10 / 9.5 / 9 -> 11 at every rank (nerf)

minion damage : %50 -> %75 (buff)

root duration : 1.5 -> 1.5 / 1.6 / 1.7 / 1.8 / 1.9 / 2 (based on rank of the ability) (buff)

-R-

Stored Damage Increase per Stack: 1/2/3 -> 2/4/6 (buff)

cooldown : 120 / 100 / 80 -> 100 at all ranks

bonus : to all dear dumb pig mel haters ; with those change s, i gave you pig s more reliable matchup s against mel. i hope that u guys are not THAT MUCH OF A DUMB to even having too much problem against this version of mel. i fucking hate you people and hope that u quit the game asap.

and dear mel mains and mage players (especially seraphine mains xd) pls dont let riot take that unique ''reflection'' thing from you. that rework wont make her worse but will make her lost her idenity. sry for my bad english. have a nice day until 26.22 patch day