Dravenvs Smolder
Draven vs Smolder is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Smolder wins with a 53.1% win rate (+6.1%) over Draven based on 49 games. Draven wins the early laning phase while Smolder scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Draven build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Draven vs Smolder matchup.
Draven Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Draven performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Draven vs Smolder?
Draven wins 43.2% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 33.3% and 53.6% (95% range).
- Expected
- 48.4% From both champions' overall Bot win rates
- Matchup effect
- −5.2 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 88 games Lane: Bot
- vs patch 26.18
- −11.4 pts Within normal patch-to-patch noise
Lane: Bot · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 24 – Sep 28
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Smolder, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Draven wins 43.2% of 88 games (95% range 33.3–53.6%).
- Both champions' overall Bot win rates predict 48.4% for Draven; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Draven usually wins the lane: 1,424 gold ahead of Smolder at 15 minutes on average (87 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
- Draven players pick Cosmic Insight much less often against Smolder: 17.4% of their other Bot games, 9.1% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Draven and Smolder played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Draven's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Draven vs Smolder Laning Stats
At 15 minutes
Whole-game averages
Draven vs Smolder Win Rate by Game Length
Draven's win rate against Smolder by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Draven's results against Smolder in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Draven vs Smolder Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)DravenDraven gold at 15: +1,424
- First itemDravenDraven: 9.3 min · Smolder: 12.1 min
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesSmolderDraven wins 34.7% of 49 games
What Draven Changes Against Smolder
Choices Draven players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Bot games.
Cosmic InsightRuneUsually17.4%vs Smolder9.1%−8.3 pts
Cheap ShotRuneUsually1.3%vs Smolder4.5%+3.2 pts
Best Draven Build vs Smolder
Usual Draven build (Bot)
63.8% win rate · 149 games
Against Smolder
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 10 of 70 Draven games against Smolder carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Draven's standard build instead.
- Draven usually completes Hubris first, at 9.3 min (median of 48 games).
- Smolder usually completes Essence Reaver first, at 12.1 min (median of 76 games).
- Skill priority: Q > W > E — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Draven Runes vs Smolder
Usual Draven runes (Bot)
Lethal Tempo
50.4% win rate · 803 games
Against Smolder
Lethal Tempo47.6% win rate · 21 games
Plan your Draven draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
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Draven matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Draven's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Draven build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Draven Matchups
Hardest for Draven
Easiest for Draven
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Draven vs Smolder FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Draven vs Smolder?
Current data slightly favors Smolder, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Draven wins 43.2% of 88 games (95% range 33.3–53.6%).
What is Draven's win rate against Smolder?
Draven wins 43.2% of 88 Bot games against Smolder on patch 26.19 (95% range 33.3–53.6%). Based on both champions' overall Bot win rates, 48.4% would be expected.
Does Draven counter Smolder?
Not clearly. Draven wins 43.2% of 88 games against Smolder, and the 95% range (33.3–53.6%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Draven or Smolder?
Draven usually wins the lane: 1,424 gold ahead of Smolder at 15 minutes on average (87 games with a 15-minute snapshot).
Does Draven outscale Smolder?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Smolder strongest against Draven?
Smolder is measurably ahead in: 30+ min games.
What should Draven build against Smolder?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Draven's usual Bot core: Hubris, The Collector, Bloodthirster.
What runes should Draven use against Smolder?
Lethal Tempo with Precision and Sorcery — 47.6% over 21 games against Smolder. The biggest change against Smolder: Cosmic Insight (17.4% usually, 9.1% here).