Smolder·Support Build
Win rate | 34.1% |
Pick rate | 0.1% |
Ban rate | 4.1% |
Matches | 5 203- |
Smolder Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 35.9% based on 251 matches
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Recommended builds
Most Popular
35.9%2nd Most Popular
40.3%Alternative
42.5%Off-Meta
33.0%runes
spells
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items
Starter Items
Time Target@ 18 sec
Early Items
@ 4 min
Core Items
@ 16 min
Full Build
ability order
W
Q
E
Skills
situational items
Smolder Matchups Overview
Smolder General information
Smolder combos
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The Best Smolder Builds, Runes and Items for Support in All Ranks
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Smolder Support build, you should take Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Arcane Comet as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, as well as Jack Of All Trades 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 Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Liandry's Torment. For your last 3 items, you should build Blackfire Torch, Morellonomicon and finish with Shadowflame. For the skill order, you want to stick with W - Q - E. Right now, this build has 35.9% winrate over 251 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Smolder Support 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: Haste and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Gathering Storm with Transcendence 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, Lord Dominik's Regards and Bloodthirster. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 40.3% win rate over 154 matches.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, and Jack Of All Trades with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Bloodsong as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Essence Reaver as a third item. You want to finish the build with Spear of Shojin, Rapid Firecannon and Serylda's Grudge. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 42.5% win rate across 120 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Smolder Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste and Coup de Grace as your primary rune tree, and Gathering Storm with Transcendence as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, 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 Spear of Shojin, Bloodthirster and Lord Dominik's Regards. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 33.0% win rate over 94 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 Support in All Ranks
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.24 the best possible matchups for Smolder Support are:
- vs. Zed - win rate over games.
- vs. Garen - win rate over games.
- vs. Jhin - 83.3% win rate over 6 games.
- vs. Kog'Maw - 75.0% win rate over 4 games.
- vs. Ezreal - 75.0% win rate over 4 games.
Consider picking Smolder into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Support matchups that currently are in favor of Smolder.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Smolder in the current patch into the following Support matchups:
- vs. Sejuani - win rate over games.
- vs. Ambessa - win rate over games.
- vs. Twisted Fate - win rate over games.
- vs. Master Yi - win rate over games.
- vs. Nunu & Willump - win rate over 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.