Yuumi vs Mel Counter Pick

Two magic-damage supports with almost identical mana costs turn this matchup into a contest of cooldown timing. Yuumi wins 54.1% of 355 games on patch 16.13.1.

On paper, Mel has the edge. She starts with 630 health against Yuumi’s 500 and ends with 2,313 against 1,673. Her attack range is 550 to Yuumi’s 425. Each cast of Searing Brilliance adds three bonus projectiles to her next attack, capped at nine. Her weak point is 21 base armor, which rises to 109.4 later on, but her 30 magic resistance stays above Yuumi’s 25 at every point in the game.

The results still favor Yuumi because of Rebuttal. Mel’s barrier blocks damage and sends enemy projectiles back, which seems like a clear counter to Prowling Projectile. That missile is deliberately slow, though, and it gains bonus damage and a stronger slow once it has travelled for 1.35 seconds. Waiting out the barrier therefore only costs a cooldown. Solar Snare roots whatever it hits at the center, but it cannot target a Yuumi that is attached to an ally. The untargetability from You and Me! also undercuts Golden Eclipse, which requires Overwhelm stacks on a target it can hit. The ultimate ignores range, so denying it a target denies it entirely. Both champions move at 330, so neither can outrun the other on foot, and the trade comes down to cooldowns. Mel’s difficulty rating of 5 compared with Yuumi’s 2 makes the gap wider in practice. Her champion entry has the complete ability text.