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: Haste and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Gathering Storm and Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Essence Reaver as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Spear of Shojin. For your last 3 items, you should build Rapid Firecannon, Lord Dominik's Regards and finish with Bloodthirster. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 50.1% winrate over 6 076 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 Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Scorch in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force 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 Boots of Swiftness as your second item and Spear of Shojin as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rapid Firecannon, Lord Dominik's Regards and Bloodthirster. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 49.2% win rate over 1 375 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 Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Trinity Force as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Manamune as a third item. You want to finish the build with Spear of Shojin, Rapid Firecannon and Guardian Angel. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 49.0% win rate across 682 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, Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down as your primary rune tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Essence Reaver as your first item, then finish Boots of Swiftness as your second item, and Infinity Edge as third item. The last 3 options are Rapid Firecannon, Lord Dominik's Regards and Bloodthirster. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 48.3% win rate over 267 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.