Champion sheet · Mid

Mel

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

11.2%#68 of 173 champions

Pick: 5.6%picked in 401 of 7,218 games
Ban: 5.6%199 bans over 3,566 games, against 6.5% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid43.4% between 38.7% and 48.2% over 288 gamesSoloQ 46.7%: no clear gap

Median length29.3 minsoloQ 28.2 min

Amateur: 7,611 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 376,433 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
How to play itArcane Comet, then Luden's Echo, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 77% of mid laners.CCDamagePoke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.0%
SoloQ
0.7%
2.0% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
4.9%
SoloQ
6.5%
4.9% ban rate in amateur play over 2,247 games, against 6.5% in soloQ over 169,540 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.3 min
SoloQ
28.2 min
Median of 29.3 min in amateur play, against 28.2 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Arcane Comet, then Luden's Echo, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesArcane Comet80% · 4,178

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport79% · 4,156

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 45 games

Core (3 legendaries)25% · 710

25%of soloQ games

Luden's Echo
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 77% of mid laners.

Crowd control (CC)top23%1 · mid laners: 0.7
Team damagetop24%24% · mid laners: 21%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

CC
Damage
Poke

Like other mid laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills

What it is not

No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 39 in lane, 34 in mid game and 26 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

515-13 vs 528

860-40 vs 899

1,122-57 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Melmid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 70% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

3.5takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 39 of 100 among mid laners515 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 34 of 100 among mid laners860 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 26 of 100 among mid laners1,122 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 83 of 100 among mid laners+297 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 70 of 100 among mid laners+311 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 52 of 100 among mid laners3.5 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 26 of 100 among mid laners361 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 56 of 100 among mid laners56% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 46 of 100 among mid laners22% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 60 of 100 among mid lanersrank 60 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 77 of 100 among mid laners1 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 76 of 100 among mid laners24% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Wukong53.8% · expected 43.7% · 39 g+10.1 ptSoloQ -1.3

Midgap to expected

Ahri47.2% · expected 42.9% · 89 g+4.3 ptSoloQ +4.4

ADCgap to expected

Ashe51.9% · expected 45.7% · 52 g+6.2 ptSoloQ +2.7

Supportgap to expected

Seraphine52.0% · expected 45.3% · 50 g+6.7 ptSoloQ +1.0

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Wukong44.7% · expected 43.1% · 38 g+1.7 ptSoloQ -2.8

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

Lulu46.9% · expected 40.8% · 32 g+6.1 ptSoloQ +4.5

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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