Smolder·Top Build
Win rate | 47.2% |
Pick rate | 0.6% |
Ban rate | 1.9% |
Matches | 3 879- |
Smolder Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 52.2% based on 804 matches
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52.2%2nd Most Popular
46.8%Alternative
54.3%Off-Meta
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Starter Items
Time Target@ 14 sec
Early Items
@ 4 min
Core Items
@ 21 min
Full Build
ability order
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Skills
situational items
Smolder Matchups Overview
Smolder General information
Smolder combos
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The Best Smolder Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
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 Rapid Firecannon, Lord Dominik's Regards and finish with Immortal Shieldbow. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 52.2% winrate over 804 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Smolder Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are First Strike as your keystone, Cash Back, Biscuit Delivery and Jack Of All Trades in the primary tree, and Presence of Mind with Legend: Haste in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Ability Haste in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Warmog's Armor, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Overlord's Bloodmail as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Liandry's Torment, Riftmaker and Jak'Sho, The Protean. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 46.8% win rate over 235 matches.
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 Trinity Force 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 Lord Dominik's Regards. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 54.3% win rate across 151 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, Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline and Cut Down as your primary rune tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Magical Footwear as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Spear of Shojin 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, Immortal Shieldbow and Zhonya's Hourglass. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 52.4% win rate over 82 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 Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.11 the best possible matchups for Smolder Top are:
- vs. Illaoi - 77.4% win rate over 62 games.
- vs. Volibear - 60.1% win rate over 143 games.
- vs. Varus - 60.0% win rate over 15 games.
- vs. Singed - 56.7% win rate over 30 games.
- vs. Ornn - 56.0% win rate over 109 games.
Consider picking Smolder into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Smolder.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Smolder in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Irelia - 29.7% win rate over 101 games.
- vs. Kled - 30.4% win rate over 23 games.
- vs. Vladimir - 31.3% win rate over 16 games.
- vs. Rengar - 31.3% win rate over 16 games.
- vs. Cho'Gath - 31.8% win rate over 22 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.