Brand vs Mel Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the ADC lane: Brand the mage/support hybrid, Mel the mage/support hybrid. 277 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Brand at a 59.6% win rate into Mel. Being 9.6 points clear of the 50% line makes Mel a favourable draw for Brand.
Both champions are ranged (Brand at 550, Mel at 550), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
Both Brand and Mel threaten mainly magic damage, so one resistance covers the lane. Level-one bases: Brand 570 HP / 24 armour / 30 MR, Mel 630 / 21 / 30. Scaling matters as well: Brand ends on 2355 HP, Mel on 2313. Movement speed: Brand 340, Mel 330.
Brand threatens Pyroclasm; Mel counters through Rebuttal. Pyroclasm and Golden Eclipse are the two buttons that end the exchange outright.
Data here updates on its own rather than sitting as a fixed snapshot taken on 16.13.1.
FAQ
Yes — Brand holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Brand wins 59.6% of the recorded games.
59.6% from Brand's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
277 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Brand build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Brand build page.