Champion sheet · ADC

Mel

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

10.0%#82 of 173 champions

Pick: 5.3%picked in 1,509 of 28,545 games
Ban: 4.7%1,078 bans over 23,110 games, against 5.2% in soloQ

Win rate as ADC44.6% between 40.3% and 49.0% over 352 gamesSoloQ 47.6%: no clear gap

Median length29.6 minsoloQ 28.2 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 963,871 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 ADC.DraftLength
How to play itArcane Comet, then Luden's Echo, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 86% of ADC.DuelistCC
With / againstBetter than expected against Ashe in amateur play: +16.6 pts over 60 games, range above zero.+16.6 pt60 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 ADC.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
0.5%
SoloQ
0.3%
0.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.3% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
4.4%
SoloQ
5.2%
4.4% ban rate in amateur play over 15,385 games, against 5.2% in soloQ over 431,272 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.6 min
SoloQ
28.2 min
Median of 29.6 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 Comet83% · 5,579

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport79% · 5,320

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 49 games

Core (3 legendaries)23% · 895

23%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?

Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 86% of ADC.

Takes its kills in duelstop15%21% · ADC: 19%
Crowd control (CC)top15%1 · ADC: 0.6

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

What marks it

Duelist
CC

Like other ADC

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Team damage

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 39 in lane, 36 in mid game and 9 in late game, out of 100 ADC.

516-9 vs 525

885-30 vs 915

1,188-178 vs 1,366

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

MelADC

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 66% of ADC against the direct opponent.

ADC

Where it stands among ADC · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 39 of 100 among ADC516 · median 525
Damage in mid game · rank 36 of 100 among ADC885 · median 915
Damage in late game · rank 9 of 100 among ADC1,188 · median 1,366
Gold at 15 min · rank 73 of 100 among ADC+103 · median -54
Gold at 20 min · rank 66 of 100 among ADC+33 · median -85
Absorbs damage · rank 38 of 100 among ADC334 · median 361
Plays teamfights · rank 27 of 100 among ADC54% · median 56%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 86 of 100 among ADC21% · median 19%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 77 of 100 among ADCrank 77 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 86 of 100 among ADC1 · median 0.6
Team damage · rank 44 of 100 among ADC22% · median 23%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Ashe in amateur play: +16.6 pts over 60 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

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Ashe60.0% · expected 43.4% · 60 g+16.6 ptSoloQ +0.7

Caitlyn50.0% · expected 42.6% · 30 g+7.4 ptSoloQ +4.7

Supportgap to expected

Seraphine51.3% · expected 43.8% · 76 g+7.5 ptSoloQ +2.7

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Wukong62.2% · expected 46.8% · 37 g+15.3 ptSoloQ +1.2

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus48.1% · expected 44.6% · 52 g+3.4 ptSoloQ -0.1

Leona50.0% · expected 43.7% · 30 g+6.3 ptSoloQ +2.2

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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