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MEL NEWS !

According to leaks, Mel Medarda will join WILD RIFT in update 7.0! #wildrift #melmedarda

December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM

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The Mel and Ambessa shirt is live and they look SO cunty! #melmedarda #ambessamedarda #arcane

Preorder it ASAP: merch.riotgames.com/en-us/produc...

Arcane shirt design featuring Ambessa and Mel medarda. Ambessa has her right hand raised in a fist while Mel is holding onto her red cape. Mother and daughter stand back to back as they pose for the camera.

December 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM

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Mel Merch Highlights! 💖✨

If you're looking for some cute Mel charms and buttons, check out jaycorize's shop! They also have various Mel ship charms too. 🥰

A festive Mel Medarda charm for the holidays. It's Mel designed with her face in the middle of a Christmas wreath.

A kitty Mel Medarda in the form of a soft plush badge

A Meljay kitty charm based on Mel Medarda and Jayce Talis' looks from season one of Arcane

A Melvik charm featuring Mel Medarda and Viktor/Machine Herald based on their looks from League of Legends

December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM

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Mel and Ambessa Medarda in the Champions of Runeterra trailer for Teamfight Tactics.

Ambessa Medarda from Arcane / League of Legends, shown hurt, kneeling on the ground as she looks at a figure approching her from behind.

Mel Medarda from Arcane / League of Legends with her hands clasped in front of her as she generates magic

Mel and Ambessa Medarda looking at an opposing figure off screen

Various champions from League of Legends stare up at an emerging monster shrouded by purple fog. Mel Medarda is floating up front while her mother, Ambessa Medarda, is in a battle stance behind her.

December 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM

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Happy Winterblessed Mel release day! ❄️✨

December 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM

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MEL NATION? RIOT HAS POSTED DIRECTLY IN R/MELMAINS OMG

'Mel is a beloved champion by her players and Riot alike, and has shown to be very popular continuously since her release.'

I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT 😭

Text comes from a reddit post in the r/melmains subreddit by Riot Games employee, RiotEmizery: Context for Incoming Mel Changes

Hello everyone, wanted to share some context for the incoming changes to Mel. She is receiving some immediate nerfs to address her high ban rate.

I personally want to assure you that Mel is a beloved champion by her players and Riot alike, and has shown to be very popular continuously since her release.

This year we've patiently observed her continued banrate fluctuate at different power levels to understand what, if any, action might be necessary to make sure Mel is available to the players who want to play her and mitigate the frustration of her gameplay agency for her opponents. Rest assured we do not intend to minimalize her viability or remove her uniqueness in the roster.

There are changes that will come to Mel early next year on PBE that aim to lower her sustained banrate without losing her identity or playstyle. More information on these changes will become available when the changes are ready for PBE and we will be working with the Mel mains community and League community at large to ensure the changes feel correct. The intended outcome is to allow for more opponent counterplay and a less frustrating play against experience while allowing for Mel to have more power loaded into playing skillfully.

Thank you all for sharing your thoughts, wishes and concerns as we do take everyone's feedback into account.

December 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM

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MELVIK CRUMBS IF YOU'RE DELUSIONAL (i am)

Image depicts a picture of a smiling Mel Medarda being hugged by puppet Viktor for the 'actor au' created by Fortiche Productions for Arcane

December 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM

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MEL SMILING? MELJAYVIK REAL? OMG

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December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM

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After facing backlash for completely leaving out their two main black female characters from the Arcane anniversary collection, it has been that Fortiche artist, Ayşe Aktaş, will be designing a duo shirt for Mel and Ambessa.

The shirt will be launching with other merch later this month.

Text from the official Arcane twitter account: One more merch update:

Thank you all for sharing your feedback on the Arcane merch anniversary collection, we heard you loud and clear that there was not enough Mel or Ambessa featured in the initial line-up. We're excited to share that we're expanding the collection, and have partnered with Fortiche artist Ayşe Aktaş to design a shirt with a new illustration featuring the Medarda duo.

This is in-progress, and should be launching for pre-order sometime in mid-December along with the Hexcore shirts. Keep an eye on http://merch.riotgames.com for updates on both!

December 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM

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Cute Mel fanmerch! 😻

If you love plushies and Mel Meowdarda, check out this adorable Mage Meow Meow plush made by @nobledemons.art! #arcane #melmedarda

Preorder here: nobledemons.com/products/goo...

A cat-themed plush of Mel Medarda from Arcane / League of Legends. The plush has a minituare version of Mel with her sigils as she wears her while cloak from season 2 but decorated with cat ears and cat paws. There is a beige colored ribbon around her neck.

The text reads: Mage Meow Meow: Preorders close 1/7 There is a 'Removable cloak!' text near the image of the plush to show that the cloak can be taken off the plush.

November 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM

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Image shows a meme with a pic of Mel Medarda from Arcane / League of Legends with the text: "Fellas, if your woman looks like this," with an arrow pointing to the image of Mel, "That's not your woman. That's mine."

There's an altered image of an image with wide eyes and flat lips with an outstretch hand to the viewer at the bottom of the image.

November 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM

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THE MEDARDAS ALWAYS SERVE OMG

Concept art of Mel Medarda as both an adult and teen from her League of Legends comic 'The Forth Principle'

Concept art of a younger Ambessa Medarda from Mel Medarda's League of Legends comic 'The Forth Principle'

Concept art of Mel's cousin, an unnamed Medarda, from Mel Medarda's League of Legends comic 'The Forth Principle'

November 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM

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PBE Update!

Mel's Winterblessed Icon has been updated to make her skintone darker. While not 100% perfect, it shows the importance of us sharing our feedback so this doesn't happen again.

Mel's splash art has also been adjusted to make her face more accurate as well.

Icon of Mel Medarda in her Winterblessed skin from League of Legends. She has a noticeably lighter skintone than in Arcane.

Icon of Mel Medarda in her Winterblessed skin from League of Legends. Her skintone has been edited to have a darker skintone. While still not fully accurate, it's a vast improvement over the first.

Edited splash art of Mel Medarda in her Winterblessed skin from League of Legends Her face has been slightly altered to be more accurate.

Image showing Mel's official model from season 1 of Arcane

November 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM

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Alert: Adorable Mel fanmerch! 🐰💗

Mattiescrochetcollection has a super cute handmade Crochet Doll of Mel on their Etsy store! #arcane #melmedarda

You can buy it here: www.etsy.com/listing/1453...

Crochet doll of Mel Medarda from season of Arcane. The doll stands on a circular wodden stand, dressed in Mel's season 1 outfit.

November 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM

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Your daily reminder that if you want a Mel Medarda Nendoroid or Popup parade figure by @goodsmile.com, fill out their product request form and ask for her to show demand! ✨

support.goodsmile.com/hc/en-us/art...

Image of the Jinx Nendoroid based of her look at the end of Season 2

November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM

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she's so princess

Image of Mel Medarda from League of Legends in her winterblessed skin. She's throwing her hands out and smiling up.

Image of Mel Medarda from League of Legends in her winterblessed skin. She's smiling with her eyes forward.

November 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM

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For those who want references of Mel's Winterblessed skin, her model is viewable on Khada!

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Mel Medarda from Arcane and League of Legends. Image depicts her against a light blue background. She's wearing a dark blue and purple outfit, with a fur shawl with golden accents. Her hair is blue and in a bun with golden accessories. The trail of her dress is sheer for an aurora borealis effect.

November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM

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Mel nation asked some amazing questions for the Arcane AMA and Amanda Overton answered one!

Love hearing how Mel was finally seen as herself for once via Jayce instead of being burdened with being a Medarda. 🥹

Hello Alex and Amanda! Getting to hear your thoughts on Mel’s character during last week’s video was so inspiring as a fan of hers since season one released. Your placing her as a hero really emulated a lot of the ways I’ve positioned her character so if you’d indulge me in a few more Mel questions:

There’s always been a question of why Mel was near the labs in episode 3 of season one. Do you imagine that she somehow knew of Jayce and Viktor‘s plan to sneak in or was she looking for some way to protect the work from destruction herself?

Ambessa is a stand out character in how she so clearly opposes ideas like empathy or mercy when it comes to Mel and how it’s influenced her own self doubt that we see expressed from her very first moment on screen. How important then was Jayce as a character to her development in understanding herself?

In episode five of season two Mel mentions to “Kino” that they’d held a funeral for him. Was there ever any versions of that funeral that were scripted but not brought to screen? If so, what were they like?

The years long wait to see if Mel survived the bomb was my biggest struggle as a Mel fan, though it’s clear now she was always intended to survive. My last question is: was there ever any other versions of how her powers worked in that moment like who’d been saved or if she’d fall victim in some way?

Thank you so much for giving us an amazing show like arcane with characters like Mel who mean more than i could ever really put into words

Thank you, we love Mel too! When I first saw Evening Monteiro’s “stand-out” designs for her, I was like, “She has to be in the show!” When we first meet Mel in season one, she’s a savvy opportunist. And Jayce’s pitch to the council about magic technology was an opportunity for Mel. She was not near the labs by accident. ;)

We always knew Mel’s arc would be about legacy, and the burden and responsibility of your family, your name, your upbringing - and the weight of those expectations. And at its heart, hers is a mother-daughter story. Her relationship with Jayce is unique in it’s one of the few in the show that has a lack of conflict. Jayce is emotionally open and trusting immediately - the opposite of how Mel was raised. And the lack of external conflict between them, leads to a heck of a lot of internal conflict for Mel. I love how beautifully Fortiche showed her internal conflict - the painting of Noxus, that INSANE overhead shot of her in bed - Jayce saw Mel for Mel, and not as a Medarda. Which challenged Mel to see herself as different from her upbringing, and to imagine a new future for herself. Now that obviously caused A LOT of conflict for Mel when her mother returned and the burden/responsibility of being a Medarda was staring her in the face.

A few things we explored with Mel’s mage power, is her realization that she was responsible for saving (or not saving) everyone in that Council Room. If her mother hadn’t lied to her about being a mage, or if she knew how to control her powers, she could have saved everyone. But instead, her instinct or innate reaction only allowed her self-preservation and to save a few people by accident. That was certainly guilt that motivated her in her dealings with the Black Rose, and beyond.

November 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM

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The Official Feedback Thread for Prestige Winterblessed Mel is Live!

Some of us are also posting feedback about her whitewashed icon as well so share feedback and upvote what you agree on!

www.reddit.com/r/LeaguePBE/...

Icon for Winterblessed Mel Medarda from League of Legends

Splash art of Winterblessed Mel Medarda from League of Legends. Art by Francis Tneh and West Studio

November 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM

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WINTERBLESSED MEL SPLASH ART IS HERE!!

November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM

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Reminder: Arcane AMA Tomorrow! 👑✨

There will be an AMA on the Arcane reddit with Arcane Co-Creator Alex Yee and Writer Amanda Overton.

Make sure to show up with Mel and Ambessa questions + upvote questions relating to the Medardas! Link to the subreddit below!