What are the best runes for Mel Bot?

Arcane Comet in Sorcery with Precision secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (46.5% win rate).

What is the best build for Mel?

Rush Luden's Echo, Shadowflame and Rabadon's Deathcap. It wins 47.6% of Bot games on patch 26.20.

Is Mel good on patch 26.20?

Mel has a 46.9% win rate in Bot this patch, which makes it a off-meta pick.

Tristana, Kai'Sa, Twitch are among the strongest counters to Mel Bot this patch, by ranked win rate.

Mel build

Bot · patch 26.20

Mel is currently a off-meta Bot pick on patch 26.20, holding a 46.9% win rate across 11,662 games (0.8% pick rate, 10.7% ban rate). Mel is an early-game champion (55.0% before 25 minutes) that wants to close games out before it falls off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

46.9%

Pick

0.8%

Ban

10.7%

Games

11,662

Region

Global TR EUW EUNE NA KR BR LAN LAS OCE RU JP

Summoner Spells

// The build · 47.6% win ratevs 46.9% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start46.8%−0.1

First back

Core · in order47.6%+0.7

The whole build

Boots47.1%+0.2

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

46.5% win rate

Sorcery

Precision

Skill Order

Max order:

Q→

E→

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Win Rate by Game Length

How the champion performs as games go longer.

< 25 min55.0%

25-30 min46.8%

30-35 min42.9%

35-40 min42.8%

40+ min42.5%

41%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

47.3%

45.9%

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// Matchups · who beats MelAll matchups →

// The short version

Start Doran's Ring, Health Potion and Health Potion and rush Luden's Echo, Shadowflame and Rabadon's Deathcap; this core wins 47.6% of Bot games; Arcane Comet is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → E → W.