Melvs Smolder
Mel vs Smolder is a very close matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Mel wins with a 50.0% win rate (+0.0%) over Smolder based on 12 games. Mel wins the early laning phase while Smolder scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Mel build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Mel vs Smolder matchup.
Mel Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Mel performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Mel vs Smolder?
Mel wins 66.7% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 48.8% and 80.8% (95% range).
- Expected
- 47.8% From both champions' overall Bot win rates
- Matchup effect
- +18.9 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 30 games Lane: Bot
- vs patch 26.18
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Bot · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
They also met in another lane (Mid): 8 games, Mel won 75.0%.
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Mel, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Mel wins 66.7% of 30 games (95% range 48.8–80.8%).
- That is 18.9 points better for Mel than both champions' overall Bot win rates predict (47.8%), so the matchup itself favors this pick — not just champion strength.
- Mel players pick Health (defense) far more often against Smolder: 21.5% of their other Bot games, 46.7% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Mel and Smolder played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Mel's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Mel vs Smolder Laning Stats
Only 29 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.
Whole-game averages
Mel vs Smolder Win Rate by Game Length
Mel's win rate against Smolder by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Mel's results against Smolder in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Mel vs Smolder Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)Insufficient data
- First itemMelMel: 10.5 min · Smolder: 12.1 min
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Mel Changes Against Smolder
Choices Mel players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Bot games.
Health (defense)Stat shardUsually21.5%vs Smolder46.7%+25.1 pts
Adaptive Force (offense)Stat shardUsually22.2%vs Smolder46.7%+24.5 pts- Health Scaling (defense)Stat shardUsually75.8%vs Smolder53.3%−22.5 pts
Dark HarvestKeystoneUsually17.7%vs Smolder40.0%+22.3 pts
Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health PotionStarting itemsUsually49.0%vs Smolder70.0%+21.0 pts76.2% WR here
Coup de GraceRuneUsually53.8%vs Smolder33.3%−20.5 pts
Presence of MindRuneUsually56.1%vs Smolder36.7%−19.4 pts
Ultimate HunterRuneUsually20.7%vs Smolder40.0%+19.3 pts
Best Mel Build vs Smolder
Usual Mel build (Bot)
90.0% win rate · 10 games
Against Smolder
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 5 of 26 Mel games against Smolder carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Mel's standard build instead.
- Mel usually completes Luden's Echo first, at 10.5 min (median of 20 games).
- Smolder usually completes Essence Reaver first, at 12.1 min (median of 22 games).
- Skill priority: Q > E > W — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Mel Runes vs Smolder
Usual Mel runes (Bot)
First Strike
54.1% win rate · 122 games
Against Smolder
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Mel draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
- Full 5v5 draft board
- Lane matchup win rates
- Pick and ban suggestions
Mel matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Mel's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Mel build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Mel Matchups
Hardest for Mel
Easiest for Mel
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Mel vs Smolder FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Mel vs Smolder?
Current data slightly favors Mel, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Mel wins 66.7% of 30 games (95% range 48.8–80.8%).
What is Mel's win rate against Smolder?
Mel wins 66.7% of 30 Bot games against Smolder on patch 26.19 (95% range 48.8–80.8%). Based on both champions' overall Bot win rates, 47.8% would be expected.
Does Mel counter Smolder?
Not clearly. Mel wins 66.7% of 30 games against Smolder, and the 95% range (48.8–80.8%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Mel or Smolder?
There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (29) to say who wins lane.
Does Mel outscale Smolder?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Smolder strongest against Mel?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Smolder is ahead of Mel beyond the margin of error.
What should Mel build against Smolder?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Mel's usual Bot core: Luden's Echo, Stormsurge, Zhonya's Hourglass. The biggest change against Smolder: Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion (49.0% usually, 70.0% here).
What runes should Mel use against Smolder?
Use Mel's usual First Strike page (Inspiration + Sorcery); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page. The biggest change against Smolder: Health (defense) (21.5% usually, 46.7% here).