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 47.9% winrate over 2 772 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 Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Cut Down in the primary tree, and Manaflow Band with Scorch 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 Trinity Force, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Manamune as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rapid Firecannon, Spear of Shojin and Bloodthirster. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 46.0% win rate over 498 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Bone Plating and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Legend: Haste with Presence of Mind in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Spear of Shojin as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Manamune as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rapid Firecannon, Bloodthirster and Mercurial Scimitar. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 51.7% win rate across 286 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, Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Legend: Haste with Presence of Mind as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Essence Reaver as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Spear of Shojin as third item. The last 3 options are Rapid Firecannon, Lord Dominik's Regards and Bloodthirster. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 49.6% win rate over 121 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.