Yunara vs Mel Counter Pick

Mel begins with more health and ends with less: 630 at level 1 against Yunara’s 590, then 2,313 at level 18 against 2,460. That turns the matchup into a footrace, and the marksman wins only if she lives through the middle stretch. On patch 16.13.1, Yunara takes 51.8% of games across 423 matches, close enough that the model rates it Even.

Plan your play around Rebuttal. The barrier sends enemy projectiles back at whoever launched them, absorbs damage and boosts movement speed, so Arc of Judgment’s spinning prayer bead should be held rather than spammed on cooldown. Yunara mostly deals basic attack damage, which is exactly what a shield made to stop spells struggles with. Cultivation of Spirit speeds up her attacks and spreads each hit outward, while Vow of the First Lands adds magic damage to critical strikes that bypasses the 21 base armor of Mel. Searing Brilliance adds volume instead: after any ability, her next attack fires three bonus projectiles, up to nine in total, so her poke hits harder than a 54 base attack damage figure suggests. Solar Snare’s root is what turns that poke into a kill. Mel’s damage is entirely magic, while Yunara outputs physical damage, so the two players build against opposite resistances.