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Smolder champion portrait

Smolder Build

Bot Tier 2

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 54,030 gamesUpdated

51.4%win rate2.5%pick2.0%ban

Who counters Smolder

Every Bot matchup for Smolder, ranked →

How to build Smolder

Ionian Boots of Lucidity→Essence Reaver→Black Cleaver→Spear of Shojin

Ionian Boots of Lucidity → Essence Reaver → Black Cleaver → Spear of Shojin

52.8% win rate 11% of games 4,506 games
RunesSorceryDeathfire TouchNimbus CloakCelerityGathering StormInspirationJack Of All TradesMagical Footwear40% of games
SpellsFlashBarrierFlash + Barrier87%
Skills
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Super Scorcher Breath
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Achooo!
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Flap, Flap, Flap
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MMOOOMMMM!
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StartDoran's HelmHealth PotionDoran's Helm, Health Potion
Full Smolder build →

Best supports for Smolder

Who Smolder has the best record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Worst supports for Smolder

Who Smolder has the worst record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

  • Mel champion portraitMel44.0%1,467 games · 26.20
  • Camille champion portraitCamille43.7%969 games · 26.20
  • Ashe champion portraitAshe46.1%1,413 games · 26.20
  • Lulu champion portraitLulu46.7%1,113 games
  • Neeko champion portraitNeeko47.2%1,344 games · 26.20

Each pairing is weighed by the games behind it, so a lucky handful cannot top either list.

Pairings are only half a team. Team Comp Tuesdays builds full five-champion compositions around picks like this.

51.4%win rate
Patch 26.20: 51.0% over 141,490 gamesPatch 26.21: 51.4% over 54,030 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
49.5%at Emerald+
2.5%pick rate
2.0%ban rate
▼ Downwas Tier 1 last patch
47.1%under 22 min
54.4%over 32 min

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. All 10 games from Master and above.

Loss 35–40m
MASTER+
Smolder champion portraitB Smolder+Thresh champion portraitS ThreshvsDraven champion portraitB Draven+Zyra champion portraitS Zyra
9 / 10 / 9

Build

Gluttonous Greaves|Essence Reaver→Black Cleaver→Spear of Shojin→Infinity Edge

Spells & runes

FlashBarrier|

Skills

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Win 30–35m
MASTER+
Smolder champion portraitB Smolder+Renekton champion portraitS RenektonvsKai'Sa champion portraitB Kai'Sa+Rell champion portraitS Rell
20 / 9 / 10

Build

Ionian Boots of Lucidity|Essence Reaver→Rapid Firecannon→Infinity Edge→Lord Dominik's Regards

Spells & runes

FlashBarrier|

Skills

QWEQQRQWQWRWWEEREE
Loss 20–25m
MASTER+
Smolder champion portraitB Smolder+Nautilus champion portraitS NautilusvsEzreal champion portraitB Ezreal+Neeko champion portraitS Neeko
1 / 9 / 5

Build

Ionian Boots of Lucidity|Essence Reaver

Spells & runes

BarrierFlash|

Skills

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Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 52.8% win rate · 40% of games · 20,218 games
SorceryDeathfire TouchNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
InspirationJack Of All TradesMagical Footwear
Shards Adaptive Force · Move Speed · Health Scaling
Runner up 50.1% win rate · 24% of games · 12,321 games
SorceryDeathfire TouchNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
InspirationCosmic InsightMagical Footwear
Shards Adaptive Force · Move Speed · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashBarrierFlash + Barrier87%51.5%48,456 games
  • FlashTeleportFlash + Teleport4%50.3%2,095 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity37%Gluttonous Greaves33%Boots of Swiftness21%
Ionian Boots of Lucidity most often · 50.0% win rate

Smolder build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

  1. Essence Reaver1st
  2. Black Cleaver2nd
  3. Spear of Shojin3rd
10% of games that reach a third item take this path56.1% win rate4,324 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Smolder →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 55,139 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Ionian Boots of LucidityIonian Boots of Lucidity
36% · 50.1% win rate
Gluttonous GreavesGluttonous Greaves
32% · 54.5% win rate
Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
21% · 52.6% win rate
Slightly Magical FootwearSlightly Magical Footwear
4% · 37.9% win rate
Plated SteelcapsPlated Steelcaps
3% · 50.1% win rate
Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads
3% · 50.6% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Essence Reaver›Black Cleaver+Gluttonous Greaves3% of games · 42.3% win rate · 1,517 games
  2. Essence Reaver›Black Cleaver+Ionian Boots of Lucidity2% of games · 36.3% win rate · 1,079 games
  3. Essence Reaver›Black Cleaver›Spear of Shojin+Gluttonous Greaves2% of games · 57.8% win rate · 1,074 games
  4. Essence Reaver+Ionian Boots of Lucidity2% of games · 34.0% win rate · 1,045 games
  5. Essence Reaver+Gluttonous Greaves2% of games · 42.4% win rate · 956 games
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Smolder against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Smolder's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number. The best and worst supports are ranked the same way, against Smolder's average instead of 50%.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Every ranked game we read this patch adds its finished items here, boots aside. Items are listed in the order they sit in the inventory, which isn't always the order they were bought: a finished item takes the slot its first part was in.

Compare a win rate only with the other picks in its own slot. A fifth item mostly shows up in long games, and those skew toward the team that was already ahead, so late slots run hot whatever sits in them. A row needs 30 games before it shows up at all.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

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