Mel

Mel is an AP mage in the adc, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as an off-meta pick — a 49.8% win rate, 1.4% pick rate, 16,031 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Mel is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.

How Mel wins: grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Mel tips the fight, and sieging objectives and turrets with sustained pressure. The kit grades 7/10 teamfighting, 7/10 siege. Play around where Mel is thin, engage and split-push (3/10, 2/10), and the enemy loses their angle.

The most-played core build is Luden's Echo, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap, which holds a 51.3% win rate across 1,268 games this patch. Set the enemy team at the top of the page to see how the path shifts against that comp.

The matchup to respect is Zeri, where Mel sits at just 41.4%, the lane swings the other way into Aurora (55.8%), and on the team side, Mel gains the most from a Riven (+7.9% pair win rate).