Mel: LoL Arena Champion | ArenaSweats Wiki

This article covers how Mel plays in League of Legends Arena: interactions, bugs and patch changes. Builds and statistics are on Mel's ArenaSweats Pages build.

Overview

Arena changes

I: Overwhelm additional stack base damage changed to 4 / 5 / 6 / 7.
W: Cooldown changed to 20 to 18 seconds.²

ArenaSweats stats

2026 Season 3 Act 2, all regions

ArenaSweats tierGold

Top 3 %: 43.3%
Avg place: 3.76
Pick %: 11.03%
Ban %: 10.26%
Games: 199,447

Most picked augments

Full stats on ArenaSweats PagesFrom ranked Arena games tracked by ArenaSweats, updated 5 Nov 2026.

Tips

A high-roll Transmute: Silver on Mel came with vulnerability, Sword of the Divine, and Gamblers Blade.³

Interactions

Mel's Rebuttal can block, destroy, or stop projectiles.⁴ Patch unknown
Mel Hextech Influence creates two additional pairs of Hex-gates at random locations; each pair's gates are on opposite parts of the map.⁵ Patch unknown

Bugs

No verified information yet.

History

Since patch 26.15, Locke's R is recolored when the artifact is reflected by Mel's W.⁶
Mel's Overwhelm additional stack base damage changed to 4 / 5 / 6 / 7, and W's cooldown changed to 20 to 18 seconds.² Patch unknown

Earlier formats

Abilities reflected by Mel's W benefit from Chain Lightning.⁷ 8x2 duos
Mel offered more kiting.⁸ 8x2 duos
Akshan and Mel were a decent champion combination.⁹ 8x2 duos

Sources

9 cited

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League WikiCommunityDragon, https://raw.communitydragon.org/latest/plugins/rcp-be-lol-game-data/global/default/v1/champion-summary.json

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Roles (CommunityDragon): mage, support
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League WikiLeague of Legends Wiki, Module:MapChanges/data/ar, revision 4091873

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Arena changes (wiki): I: Overwhelm additional stack base damage changed to 4 / 5 / 6 / 7. W: Cooldown changed to 20 to 18 seconds.
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PlayersPosted 3 Jul 2026Credible source
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League WikiLeague of Legends Wiki: Warp gate > See also

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Braum's Unbreakable, Mel's Rebuttal, Samira's Blade Whirl, and Yasuo's Wind Wall can block, destroy and / or stop projectiles.
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League WikiLeague of Legends Wiki: Arena > Vote Phase > Guests of Honor

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Second | Mel Hextech Influence | Creates two additional pairs of Hex-gates in the battlefield. Their location is random, but paired Hex-gates are always on opposite parts of the map to each other.
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RiotRiot patch notes: League of Legends Patch 26.15 Notes > Arena > Bugfixes & QoL Changes

Posted 28 Jul 2026

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Fixed a bug where Locke’s R was not recolored when the artifact was reflected by Mel W.
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RiotRiot patch notes: Patch 25.07 Notes > Arena > BUG FIXES

Posted 1 Apr 20258x2 duos

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Abilities reflected by Mel W will benefit from Chain Lightning.
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PlayersPosted 28 Mar 2025Single source
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PlayersPosted 7 Mar 2025Single source

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