Smolder·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Smolder Bot build, you should take Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Fleet Footwork as your keystone, followed by Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down in the primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery and Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Trinity Force as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Manamune. For your last 3 items, you should build Rapid Firecannon, Spear of Shojin and finish with Bloodthirster. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 48.5% winrate over 20 921 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Smolder Bot build would be to take Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense. The items for the build are Essence Reaver, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Spear of Shojin as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rapid Firecannon, Bloodthirster and Immortal Shieldbow. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 49.0% win rate over 6 345 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Gathering Storm with Transcendence in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Essence Reaver as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Trinity Force as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rapid Firecannon, Lord Dominik's Regards and Bloodthirster. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 49.5% win rate across 2 844 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Smolder Bot build in the current patch, try Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Presence of Mind with Legend: Haste as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Trinity Force as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Manamune as third item. The last 3 options are Rapid Firecannon, Spear of Shojin and Bloodthirster. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 48.2% win rate over 2 633 matches played.

Situational Smolder Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Smolder build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.