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 Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Demolish, Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the primary tree, as well as Legend: Haste and Presence of Mind 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 44.6% winrate over 1 230 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 Biscuit Delivery 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 Essence Reaver as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Spear of Shojin as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rapid Firecannon, Bloodthirster and Immortal Shieldbow. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 47.6% win rate across 519 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Smolder Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus and Gathering Storm as your primary rune tree, and Magical Footwear with Jack Of All Trades as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Hubris as your first item, then finish Boots of Swiftness as your second item, and Rapid Firecannon as third item. The last 3 options are Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster and Spear of Shojin. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 55.9% win rate over 145 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.