Smolder·Bot Build
Win rate | 47.2% |
Pick rate | 7.3% |
Ban rate | 15.8% |
Matches | 634 464- |
Smolder Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 49.7% based on 226 279 matches
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Most Popular
49.7%Highest WR
51.3%Alternative
51.2%Off-Meta
48.8%Top Players ALL
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20.0%B Chill OTP
54.2%MarchedWaif89 OTP
52.6%Matchup Specific
Jhin
46.9%Kai'Sa
49.4%runes
spells
D
F
items
Starter Items
Time Target@ 16 sec
Early Items
@ 3 min
Core Items
@ 21 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
W
E
Skills
situational items
Smolder Matchups Overview
Smolder General information
Smolder tips and tricks
Beware of using your W, especially if the enemy hasn’t used their CC tool as you may get caught out while it’s on cooldown.
Ensure you get level 2 first so you can trade with the enemy. Take E at level 2 to potentially look for an early all-in.
To use of your Passive: try to attack the enemy as much as possible to upgrade your Q early on.
Smolder combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Smolder Builds, Runes and Items for Bot in All Ranks
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 49.7% winrate over 226 279 matches played.
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 Spear of Shojin, Rapid Firecannon and Bloodthirster. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 51.2% win rate across 25 601 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, Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Magical Footwear as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, 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 Lord Dominik's Regards. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 48.8% win rate over 11 413 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.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Smolder runes page.
Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Smolder Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Bot in All Ranks
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.18 the best possible matchups for Smolder Bot are:
- vs. Twisted Fate - 54.6% win rate over 304 games.
- vs. Quinn - 54.5% win rate over 279 games.
- vs. Malzahar - 53.4% win rate over 358 games.
- vs. Tristana - 52.1% win rate over 10 422 games.
- vs. Yone - 52.0% win rate over 527 games.
Consider picking Smolder into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Bot matchups that currently are in favor of Smolder.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Smolder in the current patch into the following Bot matchups:
- vs. Aurelion Sol - 40.0% win rate over 407 games.
- vs. Syndra - 42.4% win rate over 434 games.
- vs. Cassiopeia - 43.0% win rate over 374 games.
- vs. Xerath - 43.9% win rate over 467 games.
- vs. Kog'Maw - 43.9% win rate over 7 169 games.
These champions are considered as Smolder counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Smolder counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.