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Smolder champion portrait

Smolder Build

Support Tier 4

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 246 gamesUpdated

34.5%win rate0.0%pick2.0%ban

Who counters Smolder

  • Lux champion portraitLux27.1%59 games · 26.20

How to build Smolder

Ionian Boots of Lucidity→Essence Reaver→Spear of Shojin→Rapid Firecannon

Ionian Boots of Lucidity → Essence Reaver → Spear of Shojin → Rapid Firecannon

21.4% win rate 11% of games 14 games
RunesSorceryDeathfire TouchNimbus CloakCelerityGathering StormInspirationJack Of All TradesMagical Footwear48% of games
SpellsFlashBarrierFlash + Barrier36%
Skills
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StartWorld AtlasHealth PotionHealth PotionWorld Atlas, Health Potion, Health Potion
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Best ADCs for Smolder

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

  • Ezreal champion portraitEzreal45.6%57 games · 26.20
  • Jhin champion portraitJhin36.7%49 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.

34.5%win rate
Patch 26.20: 35.4% over 619 gamesPatch 26.21: 34.5% over 246 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
0.0%pick rate
2.0%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
26.6%under 22 min
40.7%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. 1 from Master and above, then down the ladder as far as Emerald — Smolder Support is not played often enough at the top to fill 10 games on its own.

Win 30–35m
MASTER+
Smolder champion portraitS Smolder+Jhin champion portraitB JhinvsSwain champion portraitS Swain+Ezreal champion portraitB Ezreal
6 / 5 / 12

Build

Celestial OppositionMercury's Treads|Essence Reaver→Rapid Firecannon→Black Cleaver

Spells & runes

FlashTeleport|

Skills

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Loss 25–30m
DIAMOND
Smolder champion portraitS Smolder+Jhin champion portraitB JhinvsLeona champion portraitS Leona+Kai'Sa champion portraitB Kai'Sa
4 / 10 / 9

Build

BloodsongIonian Boots of Lucidity|Heartsteel→Overlord's Bloodmail

Spells & runes

FlashTeleport|

Skills

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Win 30–35m
DIAMOND
Smolder champion portraitS Smolder+Ashe champion portraitB AshevsNami champion portraitS Nami+Twitch champion portraitB Twitch
1 / 11 / 13

Build

BloodsongBoots of Swiftness|Liandry's Torment→Manamune→Rapid Firecannon

Spells & runes

BarrierFlash|

Skills

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Runes

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

Most popular 38.2% win rate · 48% of games · 68 games
SorceryDeathfire TouchNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
InspirationJack Of All TradesMagical Footwear
Shards Adaptive Force · Move Speed · Health Scaling
Runner up 37.3% win rate · 47% of games · 67 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 + Barrier36%35.2%91 games
  • FlashHealFlash + Heal21%28.3%53 games

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

Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity59%Boots of Swiftness18%Plated Steelcaps8%
Ionian Boots of Lucidity most often · 30.1% win rate
Support item
Zaz'Zak's Realmspike45%Celestial Opposition22%Bloodsong13%No support item10%
Zaz'Zak's Realmspike most often · 34.2% win rate

Smolder build

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

Whole-build counts start over with every patch, and Smolder Support is at 251 games so far this patch. The full build shows up here at 300.

Every slot, boots and full build for Smolder →
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 ADCs 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.

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

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