Smolder Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 41.4%
- Pick rate
- 0.4%
- Ban rate
- 0.4%
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
Boots
Runes
Sorcery +
Inspiration 
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
Nimbus Cloak
Celerity
Gathering Storm
Cosmic Insight
Magical Footwear
Summoner spells
44.2%
52 games
Max order
Q
W
E
56.3%
16 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 41.4% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (87 games).
- Most common core: Black Cleaver → Spear of Shojin → Essence Reaver — 75% win rate over 8 games.
- Take Deathfire Touch as keystone: picked in 69% of games with a 42% win rate.
- Best matchup: Malzahar (53% over 17 games). Hardest: Galio (47% over 15 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
Items
Most common sets of three completed items
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 100.0% | 5% (4) | |
| 75.0% | 5% (4) | |
| 66.7% | 7% (6) | |
| 66.7% | 3% (3) | |
| 62.5% | 37% (32) | |
| 60.0% | 6% (5) | |
| 60.0% | 6% (5) | |
| 55.0% | 23% (20) | |
| 52.9% | 20% (17) | |
| 44.4% | 41% (36) | |
| 43.7% | 82% (71) | |
| 0.0% | 7% (6) |
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.
41.7%69% 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.
45.8%28% pick
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First Strike
When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.
0.0%3% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Teleport
44.2%60% pick
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Flash + Barrier
35.0%23% pick
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Flash + Ignite
33.3%7% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
W
E
56.3%16 games
Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (42%).
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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.