Mel Medarda’s LoL abilities reveal she’s one of the most insane mages ever

Mel Medarda’s full kit has leaked ahead of her arrival, and she’s got one of the most insane mage kits that’s ever been put in League of Legends.

If you’ve seen teaser trailers for the champion, you’ll know that she can throw out a bunch of light projectiles and that she can deflect any projectile in the game. Her gameplay has a lot going on.

Mel Medarda in League of Legends

However, her fully revealed kit reveals just how much she really has in her kit. A root, full damage immunity, a theoretically global ultimate, an infinitely stacking damage passive: Mel has a ton of tools at her disposal, and she already seems like one of the strongest mages that has ever been put in League of Legends.

Though we’ll have to wait until her full release to well and truly see if she’s that strong, she’s already looking like a menace.

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Does Mel Medarda have a release date in League of Legends?

Mel Medarda will be arriving on patch 2025.S1.2, the patch after2025.S1.1that introduced all the new Noxus mechanics for Season 2025.

MEL – PBE PREVIEW ‼️• Base Mel• Arcane Councilor Melpic.twitter.com/3QefDuxi8i

That patch will be dropping onJanuary 23, 2025.People who want to try out Mel won’t have to wait long. It’s also been revealed in a dev update that a series of challenges will be implemented in LoL to give players the opportunity to get her for free, something that’s great for new players hopping in from Arcane.

Mel Medarda abilities explained

Though the trailer for Mel showed off some of what she’s capable of, apost on bilibiliinitially leaked her abilities followed byLeague of Leaksshowing the full breadth of what her kit can do.

And now, with her full reveal, we know everything about her kit. She’s got some tools no other League character has.

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Underestimate her at your own peril. Mel Medarda is the Soul’s Reflection ✨pic.twitter.com/zOoBEfftu2

Here’s the full description for all of her abilities:

So, while Mel doesn’t have a dash, she has no shortage of defensive tools. She’s an artillery mage that’s incredibly hard to dive, with her being strong against burst damage and likely weak to consistent DPS and big, bulky champions that can run her down.

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Mel isn’t the only thing to be excited about for Season 2025, with LeBlanc and Vladimirset to get a new lookand perhaps some revamped abilities.