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Mel changes coming on February 4 ‼️ These changes aim to reduce player frustration when playing against Mel by opening up additional counterplay opportunities beyond the ban button.

Mel changes coming on February 4 ‼️ These changes aim to reduce player frustration when playing against Mel by opening up additional counterplay opportunities beyond the ban button.

26.03 Mel Changes hitting the PBE today from Riot Emizery, Mel's designer: Base Stats
Remove outlier stat reducing attack speed value •[BUFF] Attack Speed Ratio :: 0.4 >>> 0.625 P - Overwhelm
Lower high reliability damage output •[NERF] Overwhelm Projectile Damage :: 8-50 + 5% AP >>> 8-25 + 3% AP •Total per Cast :: 24-150 + 15% AP >>> 24-75 + 9% AP •[CHANGE] Reduced visual clutter by no longer displaying passive mark on non-champions for enemies •[BUGFIX] Fixed certain champion spawned units dying to Overwhelm from an unempowered basic attack Q - Radiant Volley
Provide strong opportunity to dodge this spell at long ranges, moving towards Q max first •[CHANGE] Stronger area telegraph visual •[NERF] Cast Time :: 0.25s >>> 0.4s •[NERF] Projectile Speed :: 4500 >>> 3800 •[NERF] Explosion Radius :: 230 >>> 200 •[NERF] Area Spread :: 30 >>> 25 •[NERF] Damage type is now DoT AoE (reduced effectiveness in resetting Arcane Comet) •[BUFF] Channel Time :: 0.75s >>> 0.5s •[BUFF] Mana Cost :: 70/80/90/100/110 >>> 70/75/80/85/90 •[BUFF] Minion Damage :: 75% >>> 100% •[CHANGE] Now deals additional damage the first time an explosion hits; reduced subsequent hit damage •Initial Hit :: 55/80/105/130/155 + 50% AP •Subsequent Hits :: 5/6/7/8/9 + 5% AP •Total Damage :: 85/122/161/202/245 + 75-95% AP W - Rebuttal
Give enemies clearer counterplay options and remove some outsized interactions •[NERF] No longer provides damage immunity •Now provides 80/110/140/170/200 + 60% AP Shields •[NERF] Physical damage reflected is reduced by 30% before magic damage conversion •[CHANGE] Now destroys projectiles that target each unit in an area instead of reflecting them when those projectiles aren't targeting Mel; affected abilities: •Ryze E •Brand E •Katarina R •Samira R •Yunara Q •[BUFF] Decaying Move Speed :: 30% >>> 40% •[BUFF] Decaying Move Speed now lasts 1.5s (up from 0.75s) E - Solar Snare
Lower low clarity impact cases, move away from E max first •[NERF] Root Missile Radius :: 80 >>> 70 •[NERF] End of Travel Linger Duration :: 0.5s >>> 0.25s •[NERF] DoT Radius :: 260 >>> 230 •[NERF] Cast Range :: 1050 >>> 1000 •[BUFF] Projectile Speed :: 1000 >>> 1100 •[BUFF] Root Duration :: 1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5s >>> 1.5s •[BUFF] Damage :: 60/100/140/180/220 >>> 60/105/150/195/240 •[BUFF] DoT Damage Per Second :: 16/26/36/46/56 >>> 16/28/40/52/64 •[BUGFIX] No longer visually pops at the end when descending terrain

Mel changes coming on February 4 ‼️ These changes aim to reduce player frustration when playing against Mel by opening up additional counterplay opportunities beyond the ban button.

Patch 25.24 Full Patch Preview! Zaahen: - Zaahen has been off to a powerful start, and after the micropatch nerf, he's relatively stable - For regular players, he's stabilizing out, but seems a little stronger in higher levels of play right now, especially with what we're seeing out of his early mastery growth currently - We intend to nerf him in 25.24, but haven't yet decided what nerf or by how much and want a bit more information before we act - We don't think he's so overpowered currently that he can stay in this state Bloodline: - Bloodline has fallen a little behind Alacrity especially for most champs, so evening it up a bit there Jungle Changes: - We're monitoring a lot of the feedback coming in over the last patches about the jungle changes; doing a few small tap downs to get some of the top end into a better state - Overall, some of them are still not particularly viable, but not looking to take another swing at them at this point Mel: - Mel's changes this patch are aimed a bit at reducing frustration - eg. The lingering of her E zone and the particle are slightly mismatched (this follows the behavior of several other similar types of spells), but is resulting in a little more frustration than we think is worth it - E max is also being reduced in power level and being a little more costly for her to cast

So probably expect Ashe, Briar, Caitlyn, Camille, Galio, Jayce, Katarina, Lillia, Nautilus, Ornn, Poppy, Samira, Seraphine, Yasuo, Yuumi, Ziggs to get skins sometime in the first Act of 2026 Season 1