Smolder·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Smolder Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport 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 Essence Reaver as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Spear of Shojin. For your last 3 items, you should build Liandry's Torment, Rapid Firecannon and finish with Bloodthirster. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 47.2% winrate over 354 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down in the primary tree, and Celerity with Scorch in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Trinity Force as your first item, then Boots of Swiftness as a second item and Manamune as a third item. You want to finish the build with Spear of Shojin, Rapid Firecannon and Liandry's Torment. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 51.5% win rate across 97 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.