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the Fiery Fledgling

Smolder Mid build & stats

MarksmanMage D 93 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
36.6%
Pick rate
0.4%
Ban rate
1.3%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
All divisions
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Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Solid sample

Finish these three

Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
3,000 gold
Spear of Shojin
Spear of Shojin
3,100 gold
Essence Reaver
Essence Reaver
3,050 gold
9,150 gold
37.5% WR 8 games

Boots

Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
1,250 gold
40.0% 10 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
38.5% WR
13 games · 14% pick
Deathfire Touch
Deathfire Touch

Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Inspiration Inspiration
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Barrier
38.9% 18 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 36.6% of games as Mid on patch 16.18 (93 games).
  • Most common core: Black Cleaver → Spear of Shojin → Essence Reaver — 38% win rate over 8 games.
  • Take Deathfire Touch as keystone: picked in 80% of games with a 32% win rate.
  • Smolder scales: 61% win rate after 35 minutes versus 24% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
Spear of Shojin
Spear of Shojin
Essence Reaver
Essence Reaver
37.5% WR
8 games · 9% pick
Rapid Firecannon
Rapid Firecannon
Spear of Shojin
Spear of Shojin
Essence Reaver
Essence Reaver
0.0% WR
8 games · 9% pick
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge
Black Cleaver
Black Cleaver
Rapid Firecannon
Rapid Firecannon
71.4% WR
7 games · 8% pick

Boots

Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
35.8% WR
53 games · 57% pick
Immortal Path
Immortal Path
35.3% WR
17 games · 18% pick
Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
40.0% WR
10 games · 11% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Guardian Angel Guardian Angel
 75.0% 4% (4)
Endless Hunger Endless Hunger
 62.5% 9% (8)
Infinity Edge Infinity Edge
 50.0% 24% (22)
Black Cleaver Black Cleaver
 44.7% 51% (47)
Hubris Hubris
 44.4% 10% (9)
Lord Dominik's Regards Lord Dominik's Regards
 42.9% 8% (7)
Spear of Shojin Spear of Shojin
 41.5% 44% (41)
Essence Reaver Essence Reaver
 37.6% 91% (85)
Mercurial Scimitar Mercurial Scimitar
 33.3% 3% (3)
Rapid Firecannon Rapid Firecannon
 31.6% 41% (38)
Trinity Force Trinity Force
 25.0% 4% (4)
Mortal Reminder Mortal Reminder
 20.0% 5% (5)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
33.3% WR
33 games · 35% pick
Deathfire Touch
Deathfire Touch

Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Inspiration Inspiration
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
38.5% WR
13 games · 14% pick
Deathfire Touch Nimbus Cloak Celerity Gathering Storm Cosmic Insight Magical Footwear
Sorcery Sorcery + Inspiration Inspiration
33.3% WR
3 games · 3% pick
Deathfire Touch Nimbus Cloak Celerity Gathering Storm Magical Footwear Jack Of All Trades

Keystones

  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 32.4%80% pick
  • Fleet Footwork Fleet Footwork Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack heals you and grants increased MS. 47.1%18% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 33.3%71% pick
  • Flash Barrier Flash + Barrier 38.9%19% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 50.0%4% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PDragon Practice

    Hitting champions with Abilities and killing enemies with Super Scorcher Breath grants a stack of Dragon Practice. Stacks increase the damage of Smolders basic Abilities.

  • QSuper Scorcher Breath

    Smolder breathes fire on an enemy. As he gains more stacks, this ability becomes more powerful.

  • WAchooo!

    Smolder lets out an adorable flaming sneeze that explodes when hitting enemy champions.

  • EFlap, Flap, Flap

    Smolder takes flight ignoring terrain and bombarding the lowest health enemy.

  • RMMOOOMMMM!

    Smolder calls his mom to breath fire from above, dealing extra damage and slowing enemies in the center of her fire.