Aurelion Sol vs Mel Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In Mid, this is Aurelion Sol versus Mel — a mage against a mage/support hybrid. The sample behind this page is 262 games from patch 16.13.1, and Aurelion Sol wins 60.3% of them. That is 10.3 points above even, so Mel is one of the matchups Aurelion Sol can lean on.
Both champions are ranged (Aurelion Sol at 550, Mel at 550), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
Neither profile surprises the other: Aurelion Sol and Mel are both magic threats. Aurelion Sol opens on 600 health and 22 armour, Mel on 630 and 21. By level 18 that becomes 2130 health and 90 armour for Aurelion Sol against 2313 and 109 for Mel. Base attack damage is 58 against 54, so Aurelion Sol wins the raw auto-attack exchange. Speed reads 340 to 330, handing Aurelion Sol the better rotations.
Track Astral Flight on Aurelion Sol and Golden Eclipse on Mel — the lane swings on those two. Whoever spends Falling Star / The Skies Descend or Golden Eclipse first hands the other a window.
Everything comes from Emerald+ solo queue and refreshes without manual input.
FAQ
Yes — Aurelion Sol holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Aurelion Sol wins 60.3% of the recorded games.
60.3% from Aurelion Sol's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
262 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Aurelion Sol build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Aurelion Sol build page.