Smolder ADC build & stats
- Win rate
- 40.9%
- Pick rate
- 1.3%
- Ban rate
- 0.3%
Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17
Start with
Build in this order
Runes
Sorcery +
Inspiration 
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
Nimbus Cloak
Celerity
Gathering Storm
Cosmic Insight
Magical Footwear
Summoner spells
38.5%
13 games
Max order
Q
W
E
39.3%
56 games
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Smolder
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Smolder wins 40.9% of games as ADC on patch 16.17 (247 games).
- Most common core: Essence Reaver → Black Cleaver → Spear of Shojin — 46% win rate over 13 games.
- Take Deathfire Touch as keystone: picked in 83% of games with a 40% win rate.
- Best matchup: Yunara (83% over 12 games). Hardest: Jhin (19% over 16 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 61.1% | 7% (18) | |
| 50.0% | 18% (44) | |
| 50.0% | 15% (38) | |
| 50.0% | 9% (22) | |
| 50.0% | 5% (12) | |
| 50.0% | 2% (6) | |
| 47.1% | 35% (87) | |
| 45.4% | 44% (108) | |
| 41.5% | 95% (234) | |
| 38.2% | 45% (110) | |
| 37.3% | 24% (59) | |
| 33.3% | 4% (9) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Sorcery +
Inspiration
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
Nimbus Cloak
Celerity
Gathering Storm
Jack Of All Trades
Magical Footwear
Sorcery +
Inspiration
Sorcery +
Inspiration
Keystones
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Deathfire Touch
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
40.3%83% pick
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Fleet Footwork
Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack heals you and grants increased MS.
44.7%15% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Barrier
42.4%69% pick
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Flash + Teleport
34.1%17% pick
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Cleanse + Flash
38.5%5% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
W
E
39.3%56 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (36%), Q → E → W (60%), Q → W → Q (0%).
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PDragon PracticeHitting champions with Abilities and killing enemies with Super Scorcher Breath grants a stack of Dragon Practice. Stacks increase the damage of Smolders basic Abilities.
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QSuper Scorcher Breath
Smolder breathes fire on an enemy. As he gains more stacks, this ability becomes more powerful.
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WAchooo!
Smolder lets out an adorable flaming sneeze that explodes when hitting enemy champions.
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EFlap, Flap, Flap
Smolder takes flight ignoring terrain and bombarding the lowest health enemy.
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RMMOOOMMMM!Smolder calls his mom to breath fire from above, dealing extra damage and slowing enemies in the center of her fire.