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[Kaden]

How to mid as a melee: Don't.

Definitely not that hard.

Assuming you mean melee non-casters (Kass, Mao, Gragas, etc.) there are plenty of melee dps that can lane mid. Irelia, Pantheon, Garen, Xin, Nasus, Renekton, Warwick, Cho'gath (may fall under the "caster" umbrella for some people), Jax, Mordekaiser (see the note for Cho), etc., etc..

Anyone who can solo top can lane mid, really. When you're dealing with a ranged champion, it's just a matter of being patient and defensive. Don't trade when they have more minions, push onto them after they've used a skill or two and you know you have a couple seconds of CD, hit with a CC as you're breaking off from harassment (almost all Melee champs have CC and almost no ranged champs do).

If you need to farm, let the minion wave push to your tower and out-hit the tower for gold.