Mel·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Mel Bot build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Coup de Grace and Presence of Mind in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Blackfire Torch as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Horizon Focus. For your last 3 items, you should build Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame and finish with Zhonya's Hourglass. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 45.7% winrate over 1 320 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, and Presence of Mind with Legend: Haste in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Archangel's Staff as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Liandry's Torment as a third item. You want to finish the build with Cosmic Drive, Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 47.0% win rate across 202 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Mel Bot build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight as your primary rune tree, and Gathering Storm with Manaflow Band as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Luden's Echo as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Shadowflame as third item. The last 3 options are Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff and Zhonya's Hourglass. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 46.4% win rate over 166 matches played.

Situational Mel Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Mel build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.