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梅尔 · 流光镜影 Mage C
✅ Patch 7.2e · stats updated 2026-09-12 · real builds of 21 top-ranked China server players captured 2026-09-11
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How the strongest players on the Wild Rift China server (国服) build Mel: live win/pick statistics by rank bracket, the most-used item and rune sets, and the real loadouts of the top ranked Mel players, captured in-game.
📖 How to play MelCounted on 22 real builds captured from the Chinese client, player by player. Independent from the official API above.
Taken from the official in-game China leaderboard. Spells, runes and items of every public top player.
21 of the top 30 players have a public match history; the others keep theirs private.




















































































The toughest lane matchups for Mel on the Wild Rift China server, with why each is hard and exactly how to play it.
Why Kassadin counters Mel: Your reflect does not stop a jump and the magic shield drinks your poke: after 9 your artillery shoots at a ghost.
How to play Mel into Kassadin: Tax him before 5 from full distance. Save the reflect for his combo, not for poke. Your execute finishes what the team starts: play attached to yours.
→ KassadinWhy Zed counters Mel: The reflect does not return physical blades: your only answer to his all-in is having the root ready.
How to play Mel into Zed: Root the shadow's return spot. Zhonya's Hourglass early and poke only from behind the wave: below 60% health Zed cannot go in on anyone.
→ ZedWhy Yasuo counters Mel: Wall versus artillery: half your kit dies to one button, and his dashes close the distance where the reflect is not enough.
How to play Mel into Yasuo: Trade with the Wall spent and keep the root for his final dash. In fights your reflect beats his tornado: be there on the right beat.
→ YasuoWhy Fizz counters Mel: His E dodges your poke and the reflect does not parry a full all-in: up close your elegant kit turns to wet paper.
How to play Mel into Fizz: Reflect the shark: it cancels his entry. Astronomical distance after his 5 and root ready for his landing.
→ FizzWhy Ahri counters Mel: Your reflect can RETURN the Charm: the whole matchup lives inside that single moment.
How to play Mel into Ahri: Hold the reflect for a Charm on sight: a Charm sent back is a kill. Poke freely while her dash is on cooldown.
→ AhriThe champions Mel works best alongside on the Wild Rift China server, lane by lane, with the reason each pairing works.
Golden Eclipse (R) is worth as many enemies as you have marked: after Unstoppable Force (R) they are all held in the same spot, so one Radiant Volley (Q) puts Searing Brilliance (P) on their whole team and your R detonates them together.
Your page says Rebuttal (W) stops neither dashes nor a melee all-in, and that you have no escape: Shadow Dash (E) is a long-range taunt that grabs the diver before he lands on you, and Stand United (R) shields you from half a map away.
Fling (E) peels off the diver Rebuttal (W) cannot block, and Mega Adhesive (W) under his feet stops him coming straight back. Anyone rooted in the glue also stops dodging Solar Snare (E) and Radiant Volley (Q).
Searing Charge (E) into a wall and the Call of the Forge God (R) ram redirected into their line hold the group inside the burning zone Solar Snare (E) leaves behind, so the Searing Brilliance (P) mark does not expire before you press R.
It depends how they line up: Facebreaker (E) only stuns when it catches enemies on both sides, but when it does it drags them into one spot you can mark with a single cast. The Show Stopper (R) hauls off the diver that jumped on you.
Curse of the Sad Mummy (R) locks the whole group for 1.5 seconds: enough for one Radiant Volley (Q) to mark all of them and for Golden Eclipse (R) to land before the five-second mark timer runs out. Cursed Touch (P) amplifies every hit you land, and yours are all magic.
The hole in your page is whoever reaches you by jumping, because Rebuttal (W) only stops projectiles: Frenzying Taunt (E) spins him around and leaves him standing still, which also makes him the easiest Solar Snare (E) target in the game.
His page says Absolute Zero (R) is escaped by simply walking off: the Solar Snare (E) root and the zone it leaves behind take that away. And Biggest Snowball Ever! (W) arrives knocking the group up inside Radiant Volley (Q) range.
Moonfall (R) needs enemies to stay around her until it detonates, and Solar Snare (E) is what guarantees that: a root plus a slowing zone. In exchange her slow keeps the targets in range until Golden Eclipse (R) is ready.
He is for teams that jump on you: Crescent Guard (R) knocks back everyone except his marked target and blocks ranged damage, peeling the dive off you at the worst possible moment. It does work against bunching them up, though.
Radiant Volley (Q) sprays seven projectiles across their whole line, so every one of them has just taken ally damage and Deadly Flourish (W) becomes a real root on whoever he picks. Curtain Call (R) then executes what Solar Snare (E) is holding.
Your page says missing skillshots costs you the mark stacks, not just the damage: Frost Shot (P) slows on every hit, and both Solar Snare (E) and Radiant Volley (Q) land on a slowed target. Enchanted Crystal Arrow (R) opens from range, like you.
Chain of Corruption (R) roots the first target and spreads to whoever is next to them: everyone rooted, everyone still marked when you press Golden Eclipse (R). He is also the team's other artillery, sieging from the same distance as you.
Bullet Time (R) wants grouped, motionless enemies, and Solar Snare (E) does exactly that to a chokepoint: it roots the first target and leaves a zone that slows and burns. Two ultimates that want the same pile in the same place.
Arc of Judgment (W) leaves a near-total slow that stacks with the Solar Snare (E) zone, and that corridor becomes impassable. But you are two targets with no escape, so it only works with a serious frontline in front of you both.
Magnet Storm (R) vacuums scattered enemies into one pile, which is the exact condition Golden Eclipse (R) is waiting for: a single Radiant Volley (Q) and they are all marked. Her page says the damage has to come from someone else, and that is you.
Unbreakable (E) intercepts projectiles and cuts incoming damage by 35%, and Stand Behind Me (W) puts him in front of you: that is the protection Rebuttal (W) cannot give you against anything arriving by jump. Glacial Fissure (R) knocks up their whole line.
Crescendo (R) stuns the first target and slows everyone else caught in the wave, so their line stays still long enough for Radiant Volley (Q) to mark it. And Aria of Perseverance (W) is the healing that keeps an escape-less mage standing.
The Box (R) cages them in a 99% slow: nobody leaves the Solar Snare (E) zone and they are all still marked when you press Golden Eclipse (R). And Flay (E) shoves off whoever jumped on you, which is something you cannot do alone.
Take him when the enemy has a genuine diver: Pulverize (Q) and Headbutt (W) are how you get them off you, since Rebuttal (W) does nothing about a jump. But he wants to be in the middle of them and you want to be as far away as possible.
| Lane | Tier | Win% | Pick% | Ban% | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | C | 46.26% | 8.68% | 50.7% | #32 / 39 |
| Lane | Tier | Win% | Pick% | Ban% | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | C | 46.08% | 8.47% | 53.04% | #33 / 38 |
| Lane | Tier | Win% | Pick% | Ban% | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | C | 45.72% | 8.05% | 50.66% | #34 / 39 |
| Lane | Tier | Win% | Pick% | Ban% | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | C | 45.22% | 6.79% | 42.37% | #33 / 41 |
Mel is a ranged burst Mage in Wild Rift, usually played in the mid lane, built around marking enemies for a delayed execute and punishing anyone who throws a projectile at her. Every point of her damage is magical, split between an artillery-style poke ability and a reactive shield that turns an opponent's own skillshot into free damage for her. She has a moderate learning curve - the real skill ceiling comes from weaving auto-attacks into her spell rotation and tracking exactly who is marked before she commits her ultimate.
Skill order: Q > E > W (max Golden Eclipse whenever it's available)
Lane behind Radiant Volley - its seven hits clear waves quickly and keep refreshing Searing Brilliance on the enemy laner, so poke every time they step up for a minion. Hold Solar Snare for the moment they commit to a trade or push too far, since the root plus the lingering zone usually wins the exchange outright. Play Rebuttal reactively against any opponent who leans on skillshots, since blocking and reflecting their main poke tool can swing the whole matchup in your favor. Only go for a kill once you have a couple of Searing Brilliance stacks on them, or your ultimate is ready to close it out.
From the mid game on, stay at maximum range and tag as many enemies as possible with Radiant Volley and auto-weaves before the fight even starts, since Golden Eclipse only gets scarier the more targets are already marked. Use Solar Snare to zone a chokepoint or peel a diver off your backline, and save Rebuttal for the enemy's biggest incoming projectile, whether that's a poke ability or a game-changing ultimate. Time Golden Eclipse for the moment two or more enemies are carrying the Searing Brilliance mark, so the detonation lands as simultaneous burst instead of a single-target finisher. Items like Luden's Echo or Blackfire Torch push that spell-weave damage even higher, with Rabadon's Deathcap capping off the burst once the fight is already swinging your way.