Mel·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Mel Top 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 47.0% winrate over 675 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being First Strike as your keystone, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Gathering Storm with Manaflow Band 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 Horizon Focus as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame 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 46.6% win rate across 73 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.