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Smolder champion portrait

Smolder Build

Top Tier 4

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 5,982 gamesUpdated

44.8%win rate0.3%pick2.0%ban

Who counters Smolder

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

50.3% win rate 10% of games 396 games
RunesSorceryDeathfire TouchNimbus CloakCelerityGathering StormInspirationJack Of All TradesMagical Footwear37% of games
SpellsFlashTeleportFlash + Teleport41%
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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StartCullHealth PotionCull, Health Potion
Full Smolder build →
44.8%win rate
Patch 26.20: 45.4% over 13,295 gamesPatch 26.21: 44.8% over 5,982 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
45.1%at Emerald+
0.3%pick rate
2.0%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
35.0%under 22 min
50.7%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. All 10 games from Master and above.

Win 40–45m
MASTER+
Smolder champion portraitT SmoldervsMalzahar champion portraitT Malzahar
8 / 8 / 9

Build

Ionian Boots of Lucidity|Essence Reaver→Endless Hunger→Lord Dominik's Regards→Infinity Edge

Spells & runes

TeleportFlash|

Skills

QEWQQRQEQEREEWWRWW
Loss 30–35m
MASTER+
Smolder champion portraitT SmoldervsNasus champion portraitT Nasus
7 / 8 / 4

Build

Boots of Swiftness|Essence Reaver→Rapid Firecannon→Mortal Reminder

Spells & runes

FlashTeleport|

Skills

QWEQQRQWQWRWWEEREE
Win 30–35m
MASTER+
Smolder champion portraitT SmoldervsGaren champion portraitT Garen
15 / 10 / 5

Build

Ionian Boots of Lucidity|Essence Reaver→Spear of Shojin→Infinity Edge

Spells & runes

FlashGhost|

Skills

QEWQQRQEQERWEEWRWW

Runes

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

Most popular 45.7% win rate · 37% of games · 1,581 games
SorceryDeathfire TouchNimbus CloakCelerityGathering Storm
InspirationJack Of All TradesMagical Footwear
Shards Adaptive Force · Move Speed · Health Scaling
Runner up 45.3% win rate · 36% of games · 1,544 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
  • FlashTeleportFlash + Teleport41%42.7%2,513 games
  • FlashBarrierFlash + Barrier29%46.7%1,795 games

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

Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity42%Boots of Swiftness37%Gluttonous Greaves7%
Ionian Boots of Lucidity most often · 42.2% 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
4% of games that reach a third item take this path51.1% win rate178 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Smolder →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 6,004 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Ionian Boots of LucidityIonian Boots of Lucidity
41% · 42.6% win rate
Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
37% · 48.7% win rate
Gluttonous GreavesGluttonous Greaves
7% · 47.7% win rate
Plated SteelcapsPlated Steelcaps
5% · 48.8% win rate
Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads
5% · 49.0% win rate
Slightly Magical FootwearSlightly Magical Footwear
2% · 20.5% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Essence Reaver+Ionian Boots of Lucidity3% of games · 24.9% win rate · 189 games
  2. Essence Reaver+Boots of Swiftness3% of games · 33.3% win rate · 180 games
  3. Essence Reaver›Rapid Firecannon+Ionian Boots of Lucidity2% of games · 29.7% win rate · 128 games
  4. Essence Reaver›Black Cleaver+Boots of Swiftness2% of games · 36.4% win rate · 121 games
  5. Essence Reaver›Rapid Firecannon+Boots of Swiftness2% of games · 33.3% win rate · 93 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.

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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