The new champion of League of Legends possesses extremely powerful skills
According to League of Legends tradition, in the Pre-Season period, Riot will have huge updates with content that could include reworking champions, in-game mechanisms or possibly launching new champions. In the 2025 Pre-Season, Riot launched a new general based on the movie Arcane, which is general Mel – the son of general Ambessa who appeared previously in Summoner's Rift.
Mel will be the new general preparing to debut in the upcoming update
However, just with the trailer clip of one of Mel's skills, the League of Legends community “aroused” with fierce controversy. Specifically, Mel's W move (called Soul Mirror – roughly translated: Soul Mirror) will reflect any skill launched from the opponent.
According to the clip, even skills with special mechanisms that can only be used on that champion, such as Urgot's R, or Death Tornado (Draven), Super Terrifying Ballistic Missile (Jinx) will also be affected. counter if met with Mel's W. Even if two skills attack at the same time, Mel's W will reflect both skills.
The new champion's powerful W move
The League of Legends community expressed extreme frustration
Clearly, Riot's new champions are increasingly showing their “dominance”. Ambessa, just released at the end of 2024, possesses a skill set no different from an upgraded version of K'Sante. Now, general Mel has a strong counter move, but it's only a W move. That means this move has a very fast cooldown time while being able to counter almost all skills of League of Legends champions.
The community also believes that this champion is too strong and will almost certainly always be banned or picked
Not to mention, only a few champions appeared in the trailer and there are still many champions with strong skills that no one knows if Mel can counterattack or not. Therefore, the League of Legends community is also eagerly waiting to try this new champion in the near future, when Mel officially debuts in Summoner's Rift.
