Champion sheet · Mid

Mel

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

9.8%#85 of 173 champions

Pick: 5.4%picked in 970 of 18,058 games
Ban: 4.4%759 bans over 17,111 games, against 3.0% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid42.1% between 38.9% and 45.4% over 622 gamesSoloQ 44.9%: no clear gap

Median length29.9 minsoloQ 26.5 min

Amateur: 18,068 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 304,693 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 Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 77% of mid laners.CCDamagePoke
With / againstBetter than expected against Twisted Fate in amateur play: +18.4 pts over 34 games, range above zero.+18.4 pt34 games
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
1.7%
SoloQ
0.6%
1.7% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.6% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.1%
SoloQ
3.0%
4.1% ban rate in amateur play over 10,152 games, against 3.0% in soloQ over 112,312 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.9 min
SoloQ
26.5 min
Median of 29.9 min in amateur play, against 26.5 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

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

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesArcane Comet86% · 3,385

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport79% · 3,084

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 31 games

Core (3 legendaries)17% · 272

17%of soloQ games

Luden's Echo
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass

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?

Better than expected against Twisted Fate in amateur play: +18.4 pts over 34 games, range above zero.

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

Vi55.0% · expected 41.4% · 40 g+13.6 ptSoloQ -6.7

Wukong38.6% · expected 38.4% · 44 g+0.2 ptSoloQ +4.7

Midgap to expected

Twisted Fate58.8% · expected 40.4% · 34 g+18.4 ptSoloQ +0.6

Ahri43.0% · expected 39.4% · 107 g+3.6 ptSoloQ +2.5

ADCgap to expected

Aphelios59.5% · expected 46.9% · 37 g+12.6 ptSoloQ +1.6

Jinx43.2% · expected 38.0% · 44 g+5.2 ptSoloQ -0.1

Ashe40.6% · expected 39.3% · 64 g+1.3 ptSoloQ -4.7

Ezreal50.0% · expected 46.5% · 46 g+3.5 ptSoloQ -1.9

Supportgap to expected

Braum55.3% · expected 39.9% · 38 g+15.3 ptSoloQ +1.0

Seraphine48.8% · expected 39.9% · 80 g+8.8 ptSoloQ -0.5

Blitzcrank46.5% · expected 40.8% · 43 g+5.7 ptSoloQ -0.7

Nautilus44.4% · expected 43.7% · 54 g+0.8 ptSoloQ -0.7

With

Topgap to expected

Renekton48.5% · expected 42.7% · 33 g+5.7 ptSoloQ -4.4

K'Sante44.7% · expected 40.2% · 38 g+4.6 ptSoloQ -3.8

Ambessa44.1% · expected 41.5% · 34 g+2.6 ptSoloQ -1.1

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin50.7% · expected 40.8% · 71 g+9.9 ptSoloQ -0.9

Wukong53.2% · expected 45.9% · 47 g+7.3 ptSoloQ -2.1

Jarvan IV44.0% · expected 40.7% · 50 g+3.3 ptSoloQ +6.1

ADCgap to expected

Yunara54.4% · expected 44.6% · 68 g+9.8 ptSoloQ -1.1

Kai'Sa52.4% · expected 42.4% · 63 g+10.0 ptSoloQ +3.6

Supportgap to expected

Thresh47.6% · expected 43.8% · 42 g+3.8 ptSoloQ +1.5

Braum47.5% · expected 44.3% · 40 g+3.2 ptSoloQ +0.3

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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