What are the best runes for Mel Support?

Arcane Comet in Sorcery with Precision secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (41.8% win rate).

What is the best build for Mel?

Rush Luden's Echo, Shadowflame and Zhonya's Hourglass. It wins 47.1% of Support games on patch 26.20.

Is Mel good on patch 26.20?

Mel has a 43.5% win rate in Support this patch, which makes it a off-meta pick.

Nami, Karma, Thresh are among the strongest counters to Mel Support this patch, by ranked win rate.

Mel build

Support · patch 26.20

Mel is currently a off-meta Support pick on patch 26.20, holding a 43.5% win rate across 9,504 games (0.6% pick rate, 10.5% ban rate). It scales well, its win rate climbs to 48.4% in games past 40 minutes, so playing for the late game pays off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

43.5%

Pick

0.6%

Ban

10.5%

Games

9,504

Region

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

Summoner Spells

// The build · 47.1% win ratevs 43.5% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start43.3%−0.2

First back

Core · in order47.1%+3.6

The whole build

Boots43.5%

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

41.8% 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 min45.3%

25-30 min42.4%

30-35 min42.2%

35-40 min43.1%

40+ min48.4%

41%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

41.5%

43.5%

26.1126.1226.1326.1426.1526.1626.1726.1826.1926.20

// Matchups · who beats MelAll matchups →

// The short version

Start Health Potion and Health Potion and rush Luden's Echo, Shadowflame and Zhonya's Hourglass; this core wins 47.1% of Support games; Arcane Comet is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → E → W.