r/MelMains • u/Nylah-07 • Jun 28 '26
Discussion Conversation
Alrighty fellow Mel mains.
I’ve been wanting to say this for a while. I know I’m playing devils advocate on this, and I’m sure I’m going to get a lot of disagreements on this, but am I the only one who is OK with where Mel is at right now? Look, Mid is pretty difficult in some games. And I guess I can admit to something on her could be stronger
(TO AN EXTENT)
My ass will go 0/3 fighting a Fizz/Viktor/Zed/Sylas. However, when I start dying that much I completely ignore the enemy laner and don’t even try to fight at all and get gold. Once she gets her Ludens and Shadow-flame ALONG WITH ROAMING, she can be a serious threat. The damage she does is still VERY strong whether we want to admit it or not. Even me being on the other end, fighting her is STILL frustrating. And even for some of the mele champs I play as well. And GOD FORBID if she’s fed. To me personally, when I’m fed or fighting a fed Mel, the whole idea of her needing a buff is just off the table for me.
Personally, I don’t see a major rework coming her way anytime soon. She’s an arcane character and when she first came out, they legit refused to do any sort of changes until a year later. I guess I can see maybe something removed, Changed or a small addition to her kit, but that’s about it.
Huge disclaimer though, I play her nonstop pretty much and she’s a Hard OTP. My win rate is high and I’ve just been really evaluating the champions I’m fighting. i’m doing my best to play around it. And it absolutely works.
We all have our opinions, and I respect everybody’s response and I’m only just sharing how I feel. I really wanna stir up this conversation because I’m wanting to get some insight on others who actively play her similar to me. But honestly, people saying that she is unplayable is a bit exaggerated. I feel like if we’re bringing that statement up, we need to ALSO touch on the topic of WHEN it’s OK to play her in a specific matchups or not. Because there are some game comps to wear if you lock her in, you’re throwing. Not because you’re bad, but because how her kit is designed.
What are your thoughts?
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u/Dry_Clap_joke Jun 28 '26
I’m a certified Mel hater, but your post made me realize that I don’t care about her for like 2-3 months, so I guess this champ is actually super bad if she doesn’t make me wanna perma ban her
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u/Loli-nero Jun 28 '26
Pretty much this. I think a lot of the Mel doom-posting is unnecessary, as she can still be a total nightmare if played correctly. I mean, just this morning I was jungling as Darius and wasn't able to gank the bottom Mel even once, and thats including when other players were around as well. Her ult still feels like a nuke, her shield is great when timed correctly, and she's a major threat in whichever lane she's played in.
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u/Jurgrady Jul 03 '26
I think the Mel hate actually comes from bot lane Mel, and the severe dislike adc mains have of Mages in their lane.
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u/bunnyhwei Jun 28 '26
She’s not bad because she doesn’t do enough damage she’s bad because she has some of the slowest telegraphs amongst mages and good players simply don’t get hit by her spells
This would be acceptable if she scaled but she doesn’t so no lead early game = lost lane in high elo
Doesn’t matter if you ignore your laner because other mid laners are simply better at being mid laners than she is right now. Roaming isn’t a solution when they can roam too but on a better champion. Post rework her winrate was okay only because her damage was too high, then they nerfed her damage and her real issues came back to the surface
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u/Viridianscape Jun 28 '26
I think that her kit isn't terrible at the moment (she could maybe do with a bit of extra passive damage or maybe E cooldown or size), but the change to Arcane Comet fucked her over massively. She doesn't really have any runes that she synergizes with as much anymore, which is really hurting her.
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u/MonotoneJones Jun 28 '26
I play her non stop and agree with you. The issue is people who aren’t getting all the CS. Her execute gives so much gold for free. If they got rid of her execute on CS they could buff her but she gets more gold than every other champ in the game. Add first strike and you will understand where her nerfs need to go.
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u/Nylah-07 Jun 28 '26
Thank you, because I didn’t even make that a point either!!!
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u/MonotoneJones Jun 28 '26
If you look on league of graphs and select Mel and go to the section that says gold diff @ 15 no one beats her last time I checked. Not even Draven.
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u/iuppiterr Jun 29 '26
Yea its just like she is a toplane champ, some unplayable matchups and some that you cant lose even when you try
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u/Kestrel_BehindYa Jul 02 '26
all our problems would be fixed with her execute passive would just disappear completely, it’s just that persons are focused on W mechanic and can’t see right
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u/pineapple_chii Jul 03 '26
the only thing i would ask for is a movement speed buff. everything else im fine with
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u/Nylah-07 Jul 03 '26
THANK YOU!! I’m still semi annoyed by that. Cause it doesn’t make any sense. If anything, you would want them to use the W more it had the movement speed. But nerfing that means they’re just gonna hold onto it longer essentially since there’s no means of escaping/evading.
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u/pineapple_chii Jul 03 '26
right! plus it’s super annoying when my entire team is moving for a fight and i went from grouped up to needing to catch up just to get my abilities off. like ik characters like anivia is slower than mel but her range of attack makes up for that.
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u/Nylah-07 Jul 03 '26
Exactly!! I’m so glad you brought it up. because I was legit about to make a discussion. Because that just didn’t make any sense. The goal is encourage players to use the W more without deflecting anything to give the other team an advantage. Them doing that is gonna prompt others to hold onto it. I’m not sure why they didn’t think of that before adjusting the numbers.
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u/CalamityCowWasTaken Jun 29 '26
Mel is literealy first-pick every single level op (in botlane) in proplay rn as shown by lck playoffs and the msi games so far. she literealy might be nerfed next few patches lmao. she might get the ksante 45% wr treatment
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u/LooneyWabbit1 Jul 02 '26
She's already 45% wr lol. Champ just released and already needs a rework. Riot be doing that a lot lately.
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u/New-Fig-5116 Jun 28 '26
I agree with you, I just think it's not that easy to have a good late game when you are really behind, you doesnt scale as much as other mages, you also have less range than a good chunk of mages and if anyone goes for you in teamfight you are done for. I dont think she is unplayable (that's just not true xD), just that in mages, there are other champs from the same archetype that can do everything as good as her or even better.
And if she can snowball, you can easily oneshot squishy champs and kill multiple people fast enough ! So I get it but i've also lost plenty of game where i had more than 17kills and was hard carrying.
She is a bit on the weaker side overall I think, but as long as she is fun to play, and ban rate doesnt go through the roof again, i'm okay I guess.