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Smolder, the Fiery Fledgling, is a marksman and mage champion of medium difficulty. Across our 390 analysed ranked games, Smolder is mostly played as ADC (86% of its games), and more rarely in Mid (14%), with a 48.7% win rate in that role: tier A among ADC champions (#11 of 36, ranked by win rate). Smolder's damage is mostly physical (70%): armor is the best defensive answer against this champion. 11% of that damage is true damage and therefore ignores resistances. Win rate varies with game length: 53.7% in long games (over 35 min, 82 games) versus 43.5% in short games (under 25 min).
Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22
Averages measured over 337 ADC games played with Smolder, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.
Smolder is a draconic marksman-mage: hitting champions with an ability and killing enemies with Super Scorcher Breath gives him Dragon Practice stacks that raise the damage of his basic abilities. Achooo! explodes on champions, Flap, Flap, Flap makes him fly while bombarding the enemy with the lowest health, and MMOOOMMMM! calls his mother for a slowing fire.
Q
W
AA
AA
When: An enemy is within range.
Super Scorcher Breath becomes more powerful with accumulated stacks; Achooo! explodes on the champions hit.
E
Q
AA
AA
When: You want to get past obstacles.
Flap, Flap, Flap makes you fly, ignoring obstacles, and bombard the enemy with the lowest health.
See all 3 Smolder combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →
Take kills with Super Scorcher Breath: they earn you stacks. Achooo! explodes if it hits enemy champions.
The most-played core build is Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Essence Reaver (100 games, 54.0% win rate).
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The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 82 games).
At 10 min: 3526 gold, 69 CS, 3354 XP. At 15 min: 5827 gold, 107 CS, 5486 XP.
Flash + Barrier47.7% · 285 games
Flash + Teleport40.0% · 25 games
Nimbus Cloak90%
Celerity92%
Gathering Storm97%
Magical Footwear83%
Jack Of All Trades67%
Presence of Mind82%
Legend: Bloodline74%
Cut Down87%
Biscuit Delivery54%
Cash Back49%
Presence of Mind80%
Legend: Haste96%
Coup de Grace84%Gathering Storm92%
Transcendence88%For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).
We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Smolder's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.
Essence Reaver
46.8%
Spear of Shojin
57.8%
Rapid Firecannon
53.2%
Black Cleaver
40.7% ▼
Infinity Edge
63.9% ▲
Endless Hunger
38.9%The item that stands out most is Infinity Edge: 63.9% win rate, +6 points versus its usual win rate.
Essence Reaver
50.6%Spear of Shojin
49.0% ▼Black Cleaver
51.1% ▲Rapid Firecannon
54.0%Infinity Edge
63.0% ▲Endless Hunger
50.0%The item that stands out most is Infinity Edge: 63.0% win rate, +5 points versus its usual win rate.
Essence Reaver
51.3%Spear of Shojin
59.7% ▲Black Cleaver
50.0%Rapid Firecannon
47.8% ▼Infinity Edge
48.6% ▼Endless Hunger
46.9%The item that stands out most is Spear of Shojin: 59.7% win rate, +3 points versus its usual win rate.
Yunara
Smolder: 39.1%23 games
Yunara has the edge in 61% of the 23 ADC duels against Smolder. See the Yunara guide.
Jhin
Smolder: 44.1%34 games
Jhin has the edge in 56% of the 34 ADC duels against Smolder. See the Jhin guide.
Jinx
Smolder: 50.0%22 games
Jinx has the edge in 50% of the 22 ADC duels against Smolder. See the Jinx guide.
Draven
Smolder: 53.3%15 games
Draven has the edge in 47% of the 15 ADC duels against Smolder. See the Draven guide.
Caitlyn
Smolder: 54.8%31 games
Caitlyn has the edge in 45% of the 31 ADC duels against Smolder. See the Caitlyn guide.
Tristana64.7% · 17 games
Ezreal63.6% · 22 games
Ashe62.5% · 16 games
Kai'Sa58.3% · 24 gamesCaitlyn54.8% · 31 gamesWin rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Smolder's matchups.
| Measure | Smolder | ADC average | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold at 10 min | 3526 | 3863 | −336 |
| CS at 10 min | 69 | 75 | −6 |
| XP at 10 min | 3354 | 3552 | −198 |
| Gold at 15 min | 5827 | 6448 | −621 |
| CS at 15 min | 107 | 115 | −9 |
| XP at 15 min | 5486 | 5813 | −327 |
Measured over 82 Smolder games with a timeline; the average covers 49 champions played ADC in our ranked games.
Best result: long (over 35 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.
| Role | Games | Win rate | CS/min | Gold/min | Most-built items |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | 53 | 50.9 % | 8.1 | 430 | |
Roles where we have at least 40 Smolder games.
The most-played core build is Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, and Essence Reaver (100 games, 54.0% win rate).
Smolder's toughest matchups as ADC are Yunara (39.1% win rate over 23 games), Jhin (44.1% win rate over 34 games), and Jinx (50.0% win rate over 22 games).
Smolder posts its best win rates against Tristana (64.7%), Ezreal (63.6%), and Ashe (62.5%).
Win rate varies with game length: 53.7% in long games (over 35 min, 82 games) versus 43.5% in short games (under 25 min).
The most-played rune page uses Deathfire Touch with the Inspiration secondary tree (234 games, 45.3% win rate).
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