Yunara vs Mel Counter Pick

Mel opens sturdier and finishes softer — 630 health at level 1 against 590, then 2,313 at level 18 against 2,460 — which frames the matchup as a race the marksman wins if she survives the middle of it. Patch 16.13.1 puts it at 51.8% for Yunara over 423 games, close enough that the model calls it Even.

Rebuttal is the ability worth planning around. The barrier reflects enemy projectiles back at whoever fired them, blocks damage and grants movement speed, so Arc of Judgment’s spinning prayer bead is not something to throw on cooldown. Yunara’s output is mostly basic attacks, which is the right kind of pressure against a shield built to stop spells: Cultivation of Spirit raises her attack speed and spreads each swing outward, and Vow of the First Lands adds magic damage to critical strikes that Mel‘s 21 base armor never sees. Searing Brilliance answers with volume — three bonus projectiles on her next attack after any ability, up to nine — so her poke is heavier than a 54 base attack damage figure implies, and the root from Solar Snare is what converts poke into a kill. Her damage is entirely magic against physical output from Yunara, so the two players buy opposite resistances.