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 Luden's Echo as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Shadowflame. For your last 3 items, you should build Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 45.8% winrate over 11 360 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 Scorch in the primary tree, and Coup de Grace with Presence of Mind 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 Blackfire Torch as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Shadowflame as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and Void Staff. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 45.0% win rate across 2 133 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, Zhonya's Hourglass and Void Staff. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 46.0% win rate over 1 337 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.