@@mahmoudbenzarti4534 she hadn’t learned how to control her powers or even that she had any yet, she did subconsciously nullify the effects of the ult on herself and Jace though
Same. I was low-key excited as a support main when I saw her casting shields and what seemed like cc removal from leblancs chains. But I realized that sounds similar to what Milio already does.
Exactly right? Giving a conditional shield + 0.5 seconds reflect on a champion nearing death or at a certain low HP threshold would align more closely with Arcane.
0:27 I remember someone saying in the comments of the Sona rework parody that the “no u” could be an actual ability for a future champion. Now it’s real.
I wonder how that works actually, if Mel reflects Lilian’s bowling ball back at her, and it hits her, Lillian gets a stack of her own passive? Then, if Lillia activates her ult, she also sleeps? I wonder.
@@ralphie4498I believe if anything, this would be the way to block her ult. Her ult only puts enemies to sleep, so she shouldn't be affected even if she gets marked by her own passive through a reflected e
@@bored_boar fr they didn't learn the lesson, this ability is on the same impact level of tahm devour if not above, not only it can neglet big impact abilities, like some ultis (ornn, veigar, etc...) but redirect too?!?
Mel: Reflect champion ability, negating damage, and damaging enemy champion in process, while enjoying move speed buff, all in 1 ability. Blitzcrank: W gives movespeed and then severely cripples him.
@Druguzu Noxus moment xd. (Tbf though, the game doesn't have to be a 1:1 to the show. But anyway, they could 'fix' it by allowing her to share the W with her allies for a significantly shorter duration. Maybe around 0.25/0.5 seconds?) Edit: She can still be played bot tho. Not saying that's not possible, /especially/ when her E is a 2.25 second root at max upgrade, with slow. The reflect would be hella annoying for some opponents, too. (I guess Mel would have stay close to her ally to make it work).
@@We_see_allstill, ambessa plays exactly like she shows herself in the show even though she doesn’t fight THAT much there. She is all about violence and strength and in game she makes that clear with the overly aggressive playstyle you must accept to play her. But Mel, that in the show is about a person who has their political objective set straight, and that specifically seduces Jayce to achieve them, but at the same time actually in the end cares for her allies, is shown in game by an artillery mage that kills people? She doesn’t seem as thoughtful or caring as she does in the show, it’s such an incredible disconnect and honestly a rough disappointment for me.
@@We_see_all they could make it that if you shield someone else she has a bigger cooldown too if it is too op, but i think they should reconsider it to let her shield others too
You're gonna go wild when you see some other W abilities. Warwick W, Fiora W, Zed W... honestly this isn't that insane, looks less generally useful than fiora parry, and on a champ with 0 dashes.
@@Mambojambobombastic None of them are broken in the context of their champions, but out of that context they seem much stronger than other Ws. The point I'm trying to make is that while Mel W is a strong ability, it should be contextualized in the context of the champion it is from. It's easy to take an ability out of context and conclude the champ is busted, but it leads to a mistaken understanding of the champion.
Not only does the W give you complete damage immunity, cc immunity and ability reflect, it also gives you a speed boost. 200 years. EDIT: Also bring back Mastery Chests and Champion capsules no one likes the new system.
@@carkeynosgr2788 a champion or ability is unbalanced if the counterplay to that champion or ability is not effective enough. She has no mobility and her other abilities are not great due to the power budget of her w and execute. Her w has a high cd, and 1 second uptime. You can bait it like how you bait other invulnerable abilities or just don't use projectiles until she is forced to use her w for the invulnerabiltiy.
The W isn't that broken. When not deflecting anything it is a worse pantheon shield since it only lasts a second. And pantheon doesn't make the game unplayable either.
It seems arcane is just a word for magic in this setting. Hence when LeBlanc told Mel in Arcane 'the arcane is waking up' it just meant 'the magic is waking up' hence why the discovery of her powers got sped up.
I may try playing her as a support, but that passive seems to be a bit too killstealing for that. That W looks very supportish even if she can only cast it on herself.
@@varflock9777 So looks like a great mage support! Similar to a Lux that just gets 4 kills and starts being a menace while roaming and slaughtering whoever she comes across
Her as a support seems like it would be a nightmare though. her W can counter most of whatever the ADC wants to do and she has the potential to E -> Q -> R which would root + execute both bot laners lol unless the mana for each ability and cooldown is like ridiculous
@@ZakkWasNotAvailable but adcs can just auto her to death, and if she uses her w on an auto, well who cares? Also she will for sure have mana problems early and I believe she will need to be fed to one shot people so as a support she's gonna be very much like Neeko, minus Neeko's annoying passive..
I just watch all the new stuff that comes out abt league now, I also watch my friend play sometimes via screen share but yeah I can say I won’t be “hopping into league” lol
literally, they made her so... plain. Arcane writers spent years writing characters just for riot to make mel totally random mage, her kit even isnt giving arcane, nor does her design, nor does her quotes. when did she become full time killer? She was literally the one to vote for peace every time she got
@@SeleneXxodid we watch the same show, its clearly revealed that everything she's done is an act of self preservation in favor of her interests and investment, and in the show itself we can clearly see that her power is way more than any shield but because of the short season we didn't dive that deep into her power
@jynxed66six54 we aren't disscussing if her being a mage is good or not, it is canon and we have to stick to it, the issue is making her even more random in league when she had a good writing in arcane
People are upset cause she cant cast the reflect on allies like in Arcane. But do any of them remember when TK ult used to be his W? Mel would be an S+ support and permabanned in competitive.
@@imrem2872 why would it be permabanned in pro? When was the last time an artillery mage was banned in pro? Hwei was really strong last season (still is) and it was never high picked in proplay, mages without gap close or high mov are generally trash in proplay, she doesn't appear to have the dmg nor the defensive options to be a good carry in proplay ( the best jungles in the meta don't even have a proyectile(vi, ww, skarner, kayn, and the ones that does don't depend on it vs a mage without mobility( like lee sin, j4, noct)) I can see it being picked as an offensive suppport, like a lux or morgana pick, but it won't be broken or anything
it would still be fine imo, both windwalls we have in game are AOE and can help allies, make the cooldown longer and then it would be fine on an ally (give it small range as well).
wait were people that oblivious to the obvious sign in the end of season 1? My wife and I totally knew that she was going to do something to protect herself from that rocket
I am… confused? I expected Mel to be an enchanter, shielding allies. Her W gives off more of a Battlemage vibe, and yet somehow she's supposed to be an artillery mage?
I'm glad someone else thought the same xD kinda disappointed she didn't turn out to be an enchanter. She had a kit that could have been fun for it in the show
@@darkblue4959 Why does it need explanation? Execute Passive which auto casts, and also ramps up her damage on auto attacks, Q with low CD and long range with almost no cast animation. The W is an instant spell reflect and shield that counters any form of long range engage, makes her invulnerable and gives her a movement speed buff.The E is an AOE slow that roots in the centre and does damage to all targets hit on the initial cast and then again over time. The R is a global execute (which can stack infinitely because of the passive) and also boosts the damage of the passive auto attacks and execute threshold. If you needed that explaining to you I don't think you watched the same video.
literally nobody said anything about this, my jaw literally dropped when I saw it and I instantly rushed to the comments to see if anyone would write about this...
idk how you can play assassin into this, if her W not down then you can never R her in lane. Zed might work into her with his range but fizz, talon? bruh, seem like doom matchup. Also with that infinite passive, people will build her tank top with grasp.
882 hours, that is 37 days without sleep to get this new character, thanks to the removal of the method to get blue essence and chests. Mmmm great, as if I have a lot of time to waste on this second-rate game. They better keep making series, that's the ONLY thing they're good.
@@zorroxemo counterpicks should be "hey this champ plays well into this champ and is better against them", we don't need any more Sylas vs Malphite or Camille vs Garen matchups in the game, those only make the game horrible to play
LITERALLY And they mischaracterise her so much as well? When did she become a killer? She was empathetic. She doesnt even have a shield, her skillset seems so random and it looks like they made it before even thinking it could be her.
OR her time in Noxus has forced her to be more offensively minded than the she was in the show. Y'know, when she was quite literally NEW to her abilities.
@@nojusticenetwork9309 I never said she wont have char development, but it still is mischaracterised. She fought her whole life to stay soft. thats why she was so glad to hear she wasnt trully a noxian - because that blood felt alien. she is an empath, its main part of her skill by what le blanc said in arcane. Ofc she has to be more firm once she gets to noxus but she still wont forget her whole personality and all her previous life. She always fought for peace and to stay true to herself - to stay soft. she is both fox and wolf - thats what ambessa was talking ab whole arcane.
Seriously, there's something so thrilling about champion spotlights. I've kept up with most of them even though I quit the game for years (Arcane got me back in though).
there are only 4 executes in the game, urgot pyke, asol and smolder. The rest just do lots of damage when low. Pantheon, garen etc these are all just the same as mels.
@@doublereel-real umm no it literally isn't, it gets mitigated by Mr and has shield protection. It's even weaker than cho gath r because its not true damage. Just has an indicator.
@@mathematiciantim3439 Technically that applies to his entire kit, then? I'm not sure if Q counts as a projectile, but ASol feels like he's got a good match-up into Mel overall
So basically if you're in a teamfight against Mel she can just W the initiate projectile ult into E to root entire team and then R for instant team-wide damage and potentially execute all of them interesting
@hellhoundette her design was supposed to combine her noxus and piltover self, we get straight up noxus design and her skills dont match her at all. She is an empath, its her main magic trait (stated by le blanc) yet we see nothing empathetic here, not even shields from show, even for herself (i dont count w as shield, its smth else)
@beratbayram I dont hate in cloak, I hate on her design as an outfit and colours. Her design was AN ART in arcane, the way white and gold combined looked at her was just beautiful. And her league design was told to be both her noxian and piltover self, however only thing we got is straight up noxian robes. It doesnt suit her cause qhole point of her character was that she always felt alien in noxus and never felt like its hwr home
Reflecting an ult with a basic ability is bad enough but fine, but she shouldn't be able to recast the second part of the ult, only reflect. That's beyond broken. She's just gonna end up banned every game.
@@ChallengerBanX By your logic, no champion should exist, because every champion has 1 ability or aspect to their kit that stands out and appear 'broken'. However in reality, there is a power budget distributed across the kit to ensure a proper balance.
@@ashween7336 I don't think that was my logic at all. My logic is that she works like Yas's wind wall. She should be able to reflect like a Jinx rocket, fine. That's her kit. It makes no sense that she has recast abilities or Briar and Vex. They should just take the initial reflection damage rather than giving her mutiple recast ults on a basic ability.
It's incredible that there are people who think this is worse than Ambessa or Kassante or that she is at that level, the ability to reflect has a 30 second cooldown and she is immobile. I liked the champion but I can admit that it will be a bit tedious to face her, hard engage champions are needed.
Her W is basically slightly better Fiora parry on a champ with no dashes. Her kit doesn't seem broken. Magic damage execute on passive is fine, just keep her numbers balanced. E seems just fine, another iteration of root q skillshot. W is fiora parry sidegrade. Q seems kinda jank? Weird ability. R is OK I guess, a bit boring all things considered.
you can't really compare her to artillery mages, because her range is too low, she's just a burst mage, if her CDs are low enough she could be classified as a battle mage, but being a battle mage is usually bad as they get very little support
@@jt1973 And she can't even do that as a battle mage. She has no sustain or consistent mobility and shielding. I think she is a situational pick. You need to use your W intelligently to actually deal real damage safely in 1 rotation.
I think she'll be in the same vein as either Ryze/Cassiopeia type of battle mage (consistent DPS with limited mobility, sustain and crowd control) or an Orianna type of burst mage where she lacks the burst damage for the most part unless pretty far ahead but her cooldowns are short enough to where she can whittle you down and burst you in the same fight (Orianna's case would be something like Q W R E Q W within 5 seconds)
Please riot change her skills. In arcane she was a support. Change this execute to the ability of give shield to another allies. You guys promised that Mel would be equal to her character in arcane. Please riot please!
she looks very different in details from Arcane, I wonder how that was possible. From facial features (profile) to voice and demeanor. It's like I don't even know her.
@@MarkoTopchii they'll try to fix the gap next season if they don't change their mind in the meantime. I'm sure they tried to make her not look like Karma.
it's been 2 years... how lovely They decided to make a person that shielded everyone in game a mage, i cant take it anymore, what was the arcane writing for? XDD
Both Galio and Orianna should play pretty well into her for the most part. Galio for his built-in MR and gap close/taunt, just gotta play a bit safe with Winds of War. Ori because none of her stuff should be considered projectiles for the purposes of Mel's Rebuttal. But yeah, I imagine zone control will be fairly strong against her in general.
At first I thought it was MEGA broken, but after some thought its not as crazy as it seems. She doesnt have any cc in her kit, her W only lasts about a second, and at point 1 its a 30 sec cooldown. She will max W last. If you can bait it its gg. Its just something you have to work around, always being aware if her W is up or not. Is it the most broken ability in the game? Yes. Can it be easily countered? Yes. I think she'll be hella annoying, but im sure theyll nerf her A LOT.
I'm acc guessing Riot doesnt care at all ab lore nor arcane writing, they made skills and then put mel in due to arcane's popularity, it's sad how mischaracterised she is
as you probably know riot cant balanced their own game thats why k'sante, skarner rework or ambessa were broken after release soo yea mel will be play or ban for the first month
@riccardomarzi9530syndra needs 100 stacks which is around 22 mins to execute 1 person at 15%. That's completely fair, Mel can do it at any level and her ult is global unlike short range ult Syndra.
@@HunaaayWorld First off her ult is only global after damaging someone. It's not like a karthus ult. And mel execute is countered by shields and mr. It makes the execute lower.
Can't wait April to see 2 Mels in urf just playing tennis with their E and W
you wont have to just go to practice tool with a friend
Can you reflect the reflected ability though?
@igustibagusananda7706 the spotlight says anything yasuos wind wall blocks it reflects so yes
Random Urf is actually up right now on PBE. Lol
All for One with Mel is just pong simulator
The arcane is not at your fingertips Mel, The arcane is the friends you made along the way.
like the ONE PIECE
@@Genesis0Nieves0 THE ONE PIECE IS REAL
b*
Weird she would say that, considering her boy died do to the arcane
Let's face it, he was never 100% her boy
Cant wait to see my whole team get hit by my ornn ult
Not unless you stun melt
why Jinx Ult didn't get deflected in Arcane?
@mahmoudbenzarti4534 did you watch arcane?
@@mahmoudbenzarti4534 she hadn’t learned how to control her powers or even that she had any yet, she did subconsciously nullify the effects of the ult on herself and Jace though
@@mahmoudbenzarti4534 Mel had no clue what her powers were, since then a lot of tine passed
The dissonance between Mel's abilities in Arcane and in game is bugging me. She was saving characters left and right with shields in Arcane.
Same. I was low-key excited as a support main when I saw her casting shields and what seemed like cc removal from leblancs chains. But I realized that sounds similar to what Milio already does.
i expected a shield heavy support. idk what they did to her.. it doesnt fit her at all
Exactly right? Giving a conditional shield + 0.5 seconds reflect on a champion nearing death or at a certain low HP threshold would align more closely with Arcane.
She didn't reflect jinxs ult
@@christianmeyer3277 maybe she did and it just hit the ceiling lol
Guess I wasn’t that crazy for giving Sona a reflection ability in my parody Spotlight…
You were not, the 200 years were.
omg I remember, watched your Sona video a few years ago
Your videos will be the demise of league
@@BLMed1a cant wait to see serena the tower in game
So you gave them the idea. Its all your fault.
0:27 I remember someone saying in the comments of the Sona rework parody that the “no u” could be an actual ability for a future champion. Now it’s real.
"No you" 😂😂😂😂
uno reverse
YEAAA REMEMBER 🤣
riot steal the ideaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
She will be 100% pick or ban in pro games because of her W
I hope Veigar players know what it feels like to get deleted by a 1000+ AP ult now
Incomparable this champ is stupid
It can’t 1 shot u anymore ima veigar otp 1500 ap at 25 min will not 1 shot an adc
The w only returns 40+0.05%AP of dmg
Sylas has been doing that for years, wdym?¿?¿?
Wait really but I saw it executing urgot @@glpg35
As a Lillia main I will finally get my well deserved rest as well.
Wow
I wonder how that works actually, if Mel reflects Lilian’s bowling ball back at her, and it hits her, Lillian gets a stack of her own passive? Then, if Lillia activates her ult, she also sleeps? I wonder.
@@reicoon4250 The sleep is also technically a projectile. So Mel can W Lillia's ult and Lillia should be slept.
@@ralphie4498yeah, it feels horrible getting her ult windwalled because it just doesnt feel like it should be a projectile
@@ralphie4498I believe if anything, this would be the way to block her ult. Her ult only puts enemies to sleep, so she shouldn't be affected even if she gets marked by her own passive through a reflected e
Insta ban for 2 months until she's nerfed to the ground - Check.
Ya girl's about to get the Tahm Kench special
@@bored_boar fr they didn't learn the lesson, this ability is on the same impact level of tahm devour if not above, not only it can neglet big impact abilities, like some ultis (ornn, veigar, etc...) but redirect too?!?
Then people will just play her as support.
Lol players calling any new champ broken just for it to not be broken at all - Check.
Mel is hotfix worthy busted broken lol what@@SsmilingSsmile
Mel: Reflect champion ability, negating damage, and damaging enemy champion in process, while enjoying move speed buff, all in 1 ability.
Blitzcrank: W gives movespeed and then severely cripples him.
Note that Blitzcrank's Q is probably top three abilities in all of League.
Oh well at least she doesn't have 10 dashes right? Right?
@@laurelkeeperThat is a huge stretch. There are a lot of busted abilities in this game now. Blitz Q struggles to make top 10
@@sketch3744 In isolation it might be the best in the game...
So she will hook blitzcrank
That reflect is kinda insane ngl
Wish it could be cast on allies though.
tbh it would have been a better ability for a tank or an initiator, just like lolita from mlbb
I mained Zelda in Smash Bros, I got this
It's completely broken. "Our kits aren't overloaded" Adds ability that makes Sivir's shield look like garbage.
@@pokehero5327 Thank god it couldn't.
Mel in Arcane: Shields everyone she possibly can
Mel in League: I'm a Prism!
Mel in Arcane: We need peace, not war
Mel in lol: Oh yea I'm a killer now idc
Legit, Arcane set her up for a perfect Support Champion, then they turned her into a killer mage for some reason
@Druguzu Noxus moment xd.
(Tbf though, the game doesn't have to be a 1:1 to the show. But anyway, they could 'fix' it by allowing her to share the W with her allies for a significantly shorter duration. Maybe around 0.25/0.5 seconds?)
Edit: She can still be played bot tho. Not saying that's not possible, /especially/ when her E is a 2.25 second root at max upgrade, with slow. The reflect would be hella annoying for some opponents, too. (I guess Mel would have stay close to her ally to make it work).
@@We_see_allstill, ambessa plays exactly like she shows herself in the show even though she doesn’t fight THAT much there. She is all about violence and strength and in game she makes that clear with the overly aggressive playstyle you must accept to play her. But Mel, that in the show is about a person who has their political objective set straight, and that specifically seduces Jayce to achieve them, but at the same time actually in the end cares for her allies, is shown in game by an artillery mage that kills people?
She doesn’t seem as thoughtful or caring as she does in the show, it’s such an incredible disconnect and honestly a rough disappointment for me.
@@We_see_all they could make it that if you shield someone else she has a bigger cooldown too if it is too op, but i think they should reconsider it to let her shield others too
I'm glad these are back. It was weird not doing one for Ambessa.
We did get an Ambessa spotlight it just was in a different language
@@trevionfletcher9358so, WE didn’t get a champion spotlight. Somewhere else did.
@@wilhoroshak6253 I'm so sorry you can't understand more than one language
@@Goodvvine That is normal for most people, bro.
@@123hattan thankfully there are subtitles for you
Wait a minute, that reflect skill is not her ultimate ?!! so she can be spamming that W all game ?!!!
She would be crazy op in team fights imo any ult has wide range of attack would be pointless to use with 10sec cooldown in late game maybe even less
It has pretty long cooldown. Longer then Yasuo's windwall, so you can't spam it.
@@AppleBaron its not longer and you can get cdr always Im pretty sure you can get it down like 15 or 10 sec
Let’s not forget the damage part
Exactly. Wild MULTIPLE people can lose their ults to a new champion's w, and she gets to keep hers.
Her W is gigabusted for a regular ability especially on a champ that is also a damage dealer.
You're gonna go wild when you see some other W abilities. Warwick W, Fiora W, Zed W... honestly this isn't that insane, looks less generally useful than fiora parry, and on a champ with 0 dashes.
@@doublereel-real none of those are as broken, except maybe Warwick w which is basically his entire kit
At least she's pretty immobile save for the short MS boost. It looks like she can't move during Q or R?
@@Mambojambobombastic None of them are broken in the context of their champions, but out of that context they seem much stronger than other Ws. The point I'm trying to make is that while Mel W is a strong ability, it should be contextualized in the context of the champion it is from.
It's easy to take an ability out of context and conclude the champ is busted, but it leads to a mistaken understanding of the champion.
a ranged one at that
Can't wait to be blitz hooked by Mel
cant wait to see the briar ult interaction
@@bigbowl4935 u can see it in the video XP
if amumu and nautilus are any indication i dont think it will work.
@@bigbowl4935 oh i loved that video of Sylas and Briar dancing around the rift by Briars's ult
@@palamedes4740 maybe teammates will be stunned ofc, but amumu will be stunned aswell idk
Reflecting briars arrow at her and then flying at her using the ability made me scream.
As a Briar main I find it pretty hilarious, I guess it would be a suicide if she goes melee as a backline champ
@ yea just seeing another character use her ult is always fun lol atleast it’s not sylas this time
@KGanza yep, but at least Sylas made a bit sense due to his W
I really thought her shield would look more like it does in the show like a radiant golden sphere but it a really cool ability regardless.
totally agree, maybe it was too hard to design for them
I think it was to distinguish in game that it’s different from a normal shield
Yeah but it would look identical to Milio's shield
Smash bros Zelda has VERY similar ability lol
'Reflecting briars arrow at her and then flying at her using the ability made me scream...
Bot
Now imagine mel sprinting with 4 legs like briar...💀
@@nubidubi23best comment
Reflecting a Briar ultimate, when the Briar is fed is going to end really well for Mel xD
@@MuhtasimDishan mel being doordashed to briar
Not only does the W give you complete damage immunity, cc immunity and ability reflect, it also gives you a speed boost.
200 years.
EDIT: Also bring back Mastery Chests and Champion capsules no one likes the new system.
passive needs to deal consistent dmg to execute, q aoe small, e only roots at in the middle, r only damages on targets she damages
@@ashween7336 You tried to make it sound bad but it won't 😂
Let's be honest thats the most broken thing we EVER seen.
@@carkeynosgr2788 a champion or ability is unbalanced if the counterplay to that champion or ability is not effective enough. She has no mobility and her other abilities are not great due to the power budget of her w and execute. Her w has a high cd, and 1 second uptime. You can bait it like how you bait other invulnerable abilities or just don't use projectiles until she is forced to use her w for the invulnerabiltiy.
The W isn't that broken. When not deflecting anything it is a worse pantheon shield since it only lasts a second. And pantheon doesn't make the game unplayable either.
@@warwickssoul9567 and why would she use it with nothing to reflect at the moment?
Huh, she did go goblin mode after all.
lolololol
3:07 Is that an Arcane reference?
Was that the arcane of Season 1?
(Bite of 87 reference)
The Arcane is basically magic so yeah, it kinda is a reference but also not
Batchest!!!!!!!!
The whole champ is an arcane reference.
It seems arcane is just a word for magic in this setting. Hence when LeBlanc told Mel in Arcane 'the arcane is waking up' it just meant 'the magic is waking up' hence why the discovery of her powers got sped up.
I find it interesting that she's not marketed as a support like many thought. She's more mid-lane mage.
I may try playing her as a support, but that passive seems to be a bit too killstealing for that. That W looks very supportish even if she can only cast it on herself.
@@varflock9777 So looks like a great mage support! Similar to a Lux that just gets 4 kills and starts being a menace while roaming and slaughtering whoever she comes across
Her as a support seems like it would be a nightmare though. her W can counter most of whatever the ADC wants to do and she has the potential to E -> Q -> R which would root + execute both bot laners lol
unless the mana for each ability and cooldown is like ridiculous
@@sethyoder7996I haven’t played league in years and the thought of Lux support fills me with rage.
F lux support.
@@ZakkWasNotAvailable but adcs can just auto her to death, and if she uses her w on an auto, well who cares? Also she will for sure have mana problems early and I believe she will need to be fed to one shot people so as a support she's gonna be very much like Neeko, minus Neeko's annoying passive..
0:13 "Arcane fans" yeah cuz the Arcane fans will hop into League...
I just watch all the new stuff that comes out abt league now, I also watch my friend play sometimes via screen share but yeah I can say I won’t be “hopping into league” lol
I have a couple of friends that watched arcane and hopped into league lmao
A lot of us have. Not me, but a buncha my friends have
I mean, I am downloading league right now as a new player for Mel... so yeah?
@@Prezzixgood luck playing unless in private
0:17 sis, relax your shoulders :(
🤣🤣🤣
Should've made her a support champ. She literally used her shield to protect people in the show.
literally, they made her so... plain. Arcane writers spent years writing characters just for riot to make mel totally random mage, her kit even isnt giving arcane, nor does her design, nor does her quotes. when did she become full time killer? She was literally the one to vote for peace every time she got
@@SeleneXxo brother, arcane made her a random mage. everything that was unique about her went out the window in favour of magic
@@SeleneXxodid we watch the same show, its clearly revealed that everything she's done is an act of self preservation in favor of her interests and investment, and in the show itself we can clearly see that her power is way more than any shield but because of the short season we didn't dive that deep into her power
@@SeleneXxo plain? She reflects ultimates on a regular ability 😂
@jynxed66six54 we aren't disscussing if her being a mage is good or not, it is canon and we have to stick to it, the issue is making her even more random in league when she had a good writing in arcane
People are upset cause she cant cast the reflect on allies like in Arcane. But do any of them remember when TK ult used to be his W? Mel would be an S+ support and permabanned in competitive.
lets be honest, she will be permabanned in pro unless the meta is heavily unfavours mid mages.
@@imrem2872 why would it be permabanned in pro? When was the last time an artillery mage was banned in pro? Hwei was really strong last season (still is) and it was never high picked in proplay, mages without gap close or high mov are generally trash in proplay, she doesn't appear to have the dmg nor the defensive options to be a good carry in proplay ( the best jungles in the meta don't even have a proyectile(vi, ww, skarner, kayn, and the ones that does don't depend on it vs a mage without mobility( like lee sin, j4, noct)) I can see it being picked as an offensive suppport, like a lux or morgana pick, but it won't be broken or anything
it would still be fine imo, both windwalls we have in game are AOE and can help allies, make the cooldown longer and then it would be fine on an ally (give it small range as well).
Supports don't sell, I guess
@@ianswanson332Facts. It will sell if the game doesn't centered around damage only
3:07 Is that an allusion to Arcane?
0-0
I remember getting downvoted on reddit at the end of arcane s1 saying that she will survive and become a champion.
And a bad one at that, so unbalanced.
reddit ppl be downvoting anything bro
they pretty much announced her after season 1 as a champ though. we’ve known she’ll come o-O
wait were people that oblivious to the obvious sign in the end of season 1? My wife and I totally knew that she was going to do something to protect herself from that rocket
And? There was no reason to assume she'd be a champion. She was just a politician who couldn't fight.
Shocked that she doesn't shield others or can't apply her W to others. They mention Arcane but there are some clear differences lol
Thankfully she can't 🙏
I can’t wait to ban her in rank if she had
Arcane couldnt litterally been rebuttle the entire time... think of one time where it wouldnt work
If they did she'll be like Tahm Kench before just being pick because of his devour in Pro play.
If she could shield others she would be utterly broken and a support
I am… confused? I expected Mel to be an enchanter, shielding allies.
Her W gives off more of a Battlemage vibe, and yet somehow she's supposed to be an artillery mage?
I was hoping for an enchanter too! I thought her shields were gonna reflect a portion of the damage back they absorbed or something like that.
Same. And I was looking forward to the round shield.
I'm glad someone else thought the same xD kinda disappointed she didn't turn out to be an enchanter. She had a kit that could have been fun for it in the show
yeah they missed a huge chance here to make a great enchanter but supports dont make as much money huh
Mfw when champion teased as a midlane mage turnouts midlane mage
Riot talking about overloaded kits and saying they dont want to do that anymore and then release 2 champs with overloaded kits back to back. Crazy.
Arcane exception gotta make money 😉
What's so overloaded about her kit? If you say her W, sit down.
@@darkblue4959 Why does it need explanation? Execute Passive which auto casts, and also ramps up her damage on auto attacks, Q with low CD and long range with almost no cast animation. The W is an instant spell reflect and shield that counters any form of long range engage, makes her invulnerable and gives her a movement speed buff.The E is an AOE slow that roots in the centre and does damage to all targets hit on the initial cast and then again over time. The R is a global execute (which can stack infinitely because of the passive) and also boosts the damage of the passive auto attacks and execute threshold.
If you needed that explaining to you I don't think you watched the same video.
@@XBezerkerX Sounds like a normal champion kit to me. Bring the same energy to champions with 50 dashes.
@@XBezerkerXthat's a pretty simple kit, not an overloaded one
>Spends all of arcane shielding others
>Can't shield others in game
Just reflect Lux W 4Head
That W...
Someone was playing Princess Zelda in Super Smash Bros Melee/Brawl and got inspired, right, Riot?
Nobody saying anything that she just did 2.8k damage to the baron? Meanwhile Qiyana got shadownerfed adding damage cap to her ult on monsters.
literally nobody said anything about this, my jaw literally dropped when I saw it and I instantly rushed to the comments to see if anyone would write about this...
idk how you can play assassin into this, if her W not down then you can never R her in lane. Zed might work into her with his range but fizz, talon? bruh, seem like doom matchup.
Also with that infinite passive, people will build her tank top with grasp.
Do you know how much dmg kalista can do with rend on Baron? She doesn't even need an enemy champion to use it.
@@Dew-b8bor ap varus
nah bruh, nobody cares
I reaaaaally hope her W is on a 30s cooldown at LEAST. This is stronger than a lot of ults in the game
It's a modern riot champion. W is going to be like 12s cooldown before any haste.
@@saereclaimer9714 At least she doesn't have dash. Or a kit that makes her have 30 sentence ablities. I still don't like her though.
35 seconds at lvl 1, 23 at max
@WKalytera That's pretty reasonable as long as they do it so if you max it first you give up on a lot of damage. Encouraging people to max it later
@evanfrench3040 honestly her executing epic monster is a way bigger problem 2k off brand smite thats just unfair to junglers
Blitz hooking himself is gonna be so funny.
882 hours, that is 37 days without sleep to get this new character, thanks to the removal of the method to get blue essence and chests. Mmmm great, as if I have a lot of time to waste on this second-rate game.
They better keep making series, that's the ONLY thing they're good.
Good to have Phreak on the champion Spotlight. Missed not having him for the previous one.
Champions: exist
Mel: FULL COUNTER!!!
Pantheon Exist.
Jax: Hehe Bonk Bonk at melee range
Galio sylas any toplaner most assasins adcs and yuumi counter her litteral iron comment
@@KaisaOfficial It was a joke from an SDS character ability
@@KaisaOfficial not galio Q
And we’re back at it with Phreak! Mel Medarda is the next champion arriving on 23rd January 2025, in case anyone missed out on the Noxus Act 1 video.
Phreak champion spotlights give me so much nostalgia
This is an AI message if I've ever seen one lmao
@@swordtricksword It’s not an AI message when a sentence is complete. Incomplete sentences without full stops are the AI messages!
Her W not just blocking and reflecting projectiles, but also giving her damage immunity in general is kinda dumb
It's so she actually has 3 abilities in matchups without projectiles
@@Mani_Katti god forbid that Champs would actually be counterpickable...
@@zorroxemo counterpicks should be "hey this champ plays well into this champ and is better against them", we don't need any more Sylas vs Malphite or Camille vs Garen matchups in the game, those only make the game horrible to play
Yeah like she definitely did not deflect Jinx projectile in the show.
Morgana has been living on 2 but basically 1 ability in matchups with mobility but no cc
mel = do everything what its possible in the game + new counter mechanics
caitlyn = gun and trap
Nerf assassin's
There's something comforting about hearing Phreak still say "tons of damage" after 15 years
Until you learn how much of a pos Phreak actually is. Then the meme kind of loses its value.
It's not, Phreak is garbage.
I really thought she would be a support, quite the fun kit.
Thankfully she isn't. Ngl an enchanter that can can deflect ults botlane would be beyond annoying.
@@wolholpeople are still going to play her support
@@Teddy_L0vethe same way velkoz lux and zyra do, by taking all the kills and carrying themselves while infuriating the adc 😂
Her designer said she is mid and support like xerath zyra and lux!
@@davidsamudio3899 ADC get tilted at anything, most of them, like most Midlaners, have severe main character syndrome.
Okay but this is nothing like how she was in the show.
Even the W isn’t a bubble like she’s always had in the show
LITERALLY
And they mischaracterise her so much as well? When did she become a killer? She was empathetic. She doesnt even have a shield, her skillset seems so random and it looks like they made it before even thinking it could be her.
@@SeleneXxo this is literally after mel is in noxus, shes def not the same as the mel we saw in arcane lol
OR her time in Noxus has forced her to be more offensively minded than the she was in the show. Y'know, when she was quite literally NEW to her abilities.
The prism is to make it more clear that its a reflect and not just a shield, sometimes you have to sacrifice lore for gameplay.
@@nojusticenetwork9309 I never said she wont have char development, but it still is mischaracterised. She fought her whole life to stay soft. thats why she was so glad to hear she wasnt trully a noxian - because that blood felt alien. she is an empath, its main part of her skill by what le blanc said in arcane. Ofc she has to be more firm once she gets to noxus but she still wont forget her whole personality and all her previous life. She always fought for peace and to stay true to herself - to stay soft. she is both fox and wolf - thats what ambessa was talking ab whole arcane.
Man Riot Phreak doing the champion spotlight (still) is OG's nostalgia HIT. good ol days
Seriously, there's something so thrilling about champion spotlights. I've kept up with most of them even though I quit the game for years (Arcane got me back in though).
Thanks :)
voice is not same ._.
Even tho I don't remember *which* it was - I do remember it was *not this one*. And that if I heard that one - I'd knew it.
@@Phreak Hey!
She actually looks really fun. Well done on a fun artillery mage concept.
0:51 - Mel using Flash to dive in front of an injured Jayce to save him from a Jinx ult.
2:09 lore accurate?
An important thing to note about her execute is that it doesn't pierce shields like pyke's ult, so shields actually work against her unlike Pyke
yeah, Pyke execute's an Ultimate, Mel execute's a passive skill, so just weaker
Mel's execute is also in MAGIC damage, and not TRUE damage, meaning it's gona be waaaaaaaaaaaaaay less effective than the other executes.
there are only 4 executes in the game, urgot pyke, asol and smolder. The rest just do lots of damage when low. Pantheon, garen etc these are all just the same as mels.
@ZadenWoW no, men's passive is unique. It deals damage when you would die from it, it's a bit like collecter but can scale but can also be resisted.
@@doublereel-real umm no it literally isn't, it gets mitigated by Mr and has shield protection. It's even weaker than cho gath r because its not true damage. Just has an indicator.
Aurelion Sol super-ult is going to either be a counter to her deflection or the most hilarious misplay ever.
Not a projectile, not reflectable
Hahahhajaj
@@mathematiciantim3439 Technically that applies to his entire kit, then? I'm not sure if Q counts as a projectile, but ASol feels like he's got a good match-up into Mel overall
Her w does still make her invincible so
@@pvinkreverie yeah i diont think yas windwall blocks q but im not sure
"Mage players and Arcane fans, it's your time to shine" *harshly kicks Viktors body bag behind the dumpster*
So basically if you're in a teamfight against Mel she can just W the initiate projectile ult into E to root entire team and then R for instant team-wide damage and potentially execute all of them
interesting
Giving a champion an uno reverse card as a normal ability is nuts
Dang, this is new, a Champion Spotlight way ahead of the release date
cool kit.
i'm going to play her as adc.
stealing this until they nerf her
0:55 I love that whenever they show case a reflecr/windwall ability, they HAVE to show Ornn's ult being nullified.
This guy has been doing champion spotlights for 10 years. You're great man
In a month that reflect skill gonna be nerfed to only reflect skillshot and only back to the opposite direction instead of chasing the enemy
^ this would be a lot better. The fact that point and clicks just come straight back to you is NUTS
It doesn't chase, it's more like arcane comet. It follows the direction you're already going
@@archiveacc3248Veigars and Caits are gonna be deleting themselves with that shield
I doubt it, more likely it will just get a 20+ second cd
The reflect being W is crazy
i would have prefered the arcane mel being in game rather than a noxus focused outfit mel
The way it mischaracterises her sm
if i had to guess, it's her design for the animated series focusing on noxus, demacia & ionia, and that's why she has the noxian apparel.
I think it is about champ silhouette. Cloak provides easy readability.
@hellhoundette her design was supposed to combine her noxus and piltover self, we get straight up noxus design and her skills dont match her at all. She is an empath, its her main magic trait (stated by le blanc) yet we see nothing empathetic here, not even shields from show, even for herself (i dont count w as shield, its smth else)
@beratbayram I dont hate in cloak, I hate on her design as an outfit and colours. Her design was AN ART in arcane, the way white and gold combined looked at her was just beautiful. And her league design was told to be both her noxian and piltover self, however only thing we got is straight up noxian robes. It doesnt suit her cause qhole point of her character was that she always felt alien in noxus and never felt like its hwr home
Haven’t even finished the video but I just saw the W and I can already tell this is gonna be ridiculous
ty for the no incentive to be positive anymore by taking away chest, given me a reason to be toxic again :)
Reflecting an ult with a basic ability is bad enough but fine, but she shouldn't be able to recast the second part of the ult, only reflect. That's beyond broken. She's just gonna end up banned every game.
Good. She should be banned every game.
you're not seeing the disadvantages to this
@ashween7336 I am, but she shouldn't have the option to do that. Same disadvantage Vex and Briar have.
@@ChallengerBanX By your logic, no champion should exist, because every champion has 1 ability or aspect to their kit that stands out and appear 'broken'. However in reality, there is a power budget distributed across the kit to ensure a proper balance.
@@ashween7336 I don't think that was my logic at all. My logic is that she works like Yas's wind wall. She should be able to reflect like a Jinx rocket, fine. That's her kit. It makes no sense that she has recast abilities or Briar and Vex. They should just take the initial reflection damage rather than giving her mutiple recast ults on a basic ability.
Okay, how am I supposed to get her without spending money now that you have conpletely annihilated the rewards system of the game?
It's incredible that there are people who think this is worse than Ambessa or Kassante or that she is at that level, the ability to reflect has a 30 second cooldown and she is immobile. I liked the champion but I can admit that it will be a bit tedious to face her, hard engage champions are needed.
Her W is basically slightly better Fiora parry on a champ with no dashes. Her kit doesn't seem broken. Magic damage execute on passive is fine, just keep her numbers balanced. E seems just fine, another iteration of root q skillshot. W is fiora parry sidegrade. Q seems kinda jank? Weird ability. R is OK I guess, a bit boring all things considered.
Riot forgetting why they took away Shen's dodge shield
Sylas and Viego: Finally, a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary!
This reminds of the sona champion spotlight parody by Layvee. He literally predicted Mel's reflecting ability 3 years prior.
1:41 files wildly, attorney azir?
Attorney Azir : OBJECTION!!!!
you can't really compare her to artillery mages, because her range is too low, she's just a burst mage, if her CDs are low enough she could be classified as a battle mage, but being a battle mage is usually bad as they get very little support
She's not a burst mage check her numbers lol.
She definitely wants to whittle people down.
@@jt1973 And she can't even do that as a battle mage. She has no sustain or consistent mobility and shielding. I think she is a situational pick. You need to use your W intelligently to actually deal real damage safely in 1 rotation.
lets see her numbers first xD
I agree with you both, but artillery mages have the range of a lot more than she does, hence why she isn't an artillery mage either
I think she'll be in the same vein as either Ryze/Cassiopeia type of battle mage (consistent DPS with limited mobility, sustain and crowd control) or an Orianna type of burst mage where she lacks the burst damage for the most part unless pretty far ahead but her cooldowns are short enough to where she can whittle you down and burst you in the same fight (Orianna's case would be something like Q W R E Q W within 5 seconds)
x2 882 hours, that is 37 days without sleep to get this new character, thanks to the removal of the method to get blue essence and chests...
Please riot change her skills. In arcane she was a support. Change this execute to the ability of give shield to another allies. You guys promised that Mel would be equal to her character in arcane. Please riot please!
she looks very different in details from Arcane, I wonder how that was possible. From facial features (profile) to voice and demeanor. It's like I don't even know her.
@@MarkoTopchii they'll try to fix the gap next season if they don't change their mind in the meantime. I'm sure they tried to make her not look like Karma.
0:58 Oh man, that Passive would have been perfect for Vel'Koz. 😢
not really, I think his current passive suits his playstyle more than this
5 minute cinematic is enough to convince me 1 of pain in solo queue
I wonder if Riot has ANYONE in their team that actually thinks about the game before making a new champion...
she hasn't stop animation 😂😂
BRING CHESTS BACK GANG
Can we get a new support ?
it's been 2 years... how lovely
They decided to make a person that shielded everyone in game a mage, i cant take it anymore, what was the arcane writing for? XDD
0:36 lmao, not them using LeBlanc as an example of all characters
With the chain too, ITS CANNON
@jkljosh7392 We're so close to LeBlanc's gameplay updates, can't control the anticipation
I reject you pulling yourself into me and instead pull myself into you.
Imagine all the Fiora mains get their hero moments when parrying the reflected abilities
So... what is the counterplay to this?
Just don't play against her
Both Galio and Orianna should play pretty well into her for the most part. Galio for his built-in MR and gap close/taunt, just gotta play a bit safe with Winds of War. Ori because none of her stuff should be considered projectiles for the purposes of Mel's Rebuttal. But yeah, I imagine zone control will be fairly strong against her in general.
Unironically bait w and she becomes a minion
@ with an undodgeable pyke ult on passive and a root/slow and stacking damage with 3 missiles tied to each ability
@@Inufan337She will take no damage from them still,this shield is dumb, 1 sec Kayle ult
Mel and Viktor can now fight for that one man.
💀
I hope caitlyn players appreciate their ultimate, s warmth
Omg HAHAA
And here i thought ksante on release was broken...just wow..
They really cooked with calling out us Hwei mains... I really wanna play her
At first I thought it was MEGA broken, but after some thought its not as crazy as it seems. She doesnt have any cc in her kit, her W only lasts about a second, and at point 1 its a 30 sec cooldown. She will max W last. If you can bait it its gg. Its just something you have to work around, always being aware if her W is up or not. Is it the most broken ability in the game? Yes. Can it be easily countered? Yes. I think she'll be hella annoying, but im sure theyll nerf her A LOT.
she has a snare
Why isnt this kit a Shuriman Ascendant champion?
I'm acc guessing Riot doesnt care at all ab lore nor arcane writing, they made skills and then put mel in due to arcane's popularity, it's sad how mischaracterised she is
please bring back blue essence
I miss the Herald of the Machines
Riot: So how much of the “let them taste their own spells” shenanigans you want to have on this champ?
Sylas: Yes
i hope she will be balanced, not like last champs, k´sante and ambessa
Spoiler: She Won't. 😂😂😂
At least this one's kit isn't overwhelming. No mobility either. Prolly can be easier to balance than all that other cancer
as you probably know riot cant balanced their own game thats why k'sante, skarner rework or ambessa were broken after release soo yea mel will be play or ban for the first month
she seems to be more balanced so far
In what way balanced?
QUEEN IS HERE
Why give a mage execute???
Syndra *exists*
You mean besides the other mages that have an execute?
Aurelion Sol exists, Veigar exists
@riccardomarzi9530syndra needs 100 stacks which is around 22 mins to execute 1 person at 15%. That's completely fair, Mel can do it at any level and her ult is global unlike short range ult Syndra.
@@HunaaayWorld First off her ult is only global after damaging someone. It's not like a karthus ult. And mel execute is countered by shields and mr. It makes the execute lower.
Her w remind me the shield of Zelda in super smash bros brawl, which also reflects 😮
Mel: "gets reflect."
Sivir: Am i a joke to you?
im done with the game