Smolder Build
The patch 25.23 Smolder build uses Berserker's Greaves, Essence Reaver, Spear of Shojin, Infinity Edge, Rapid Firecannon, Mortal Reminder, Oracle Lens. This Smolder build has a 7.07% pick rate and a 56.52% win rate in LoL patch 25.23. Alternatively, check out some of the other ranked Smolder build choices below.
Dragon 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.
Super Scorcher Breath
Smolder breathes fire on an enemy. As he gains more stacks, this ability becomes more powerful.
Cost:- 25
Cooldown:- 6/
- 5/
- 5/
- 4/
- 4
Range:- 550
Achooo!
Smolder lets out an adorable flaming sneeze that explodes when hitting enemy champions.
Cost:- 50/
- 55/
- 60/
- 65/
- 70
Cooldown:- 14/
- 13/
- 12/
- 11/
- 10
Range:- 1500
Flap, Flap, Flap
Smolder takes flight ignoring terrain and bombarding the lowest health enemy.
Cost:- 65
Cooldown:- 24/
- 22/
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- 18/
- 16
Range:- 700
MMOOOMMMM!
Smolder calls his mom to breath fire from above, dealing extra damage and slowing enemies in the center of her fire.
Cost:- 100
Cooldown:- 120/
- 110/
- 100
Range:- 4200
- Marksman,
- Mage
Smolder's most effective build path includes Essence Reaver, Rapid Firecannon, Infinity Edge as core items. Choose from multiple build variations below based on your playstyle and game situation. Each build is analyzed from thousands of ranked games to provide you with data-driven item recommendations.
Select a Smolder Build
Essence Reaver
Spear of Shojin
Infinity Edge
- Essence Reaver
- Spear of Shojin
Rapid Firecannon
- Spear of Shojin
- Rapid Firecannon
- Infinity Edge
- Essence Reaver
- Rapid Firecannon
- Infinity Edge
Best Smolder Build - Highest Win Rate Items
Smolder Build Guide - Complete Item Build Path
This Smolder build focuses on critical strikes for burst damage. Build the core items first for your power spike, then adapt with situational items based on enemy team composition.
Best Smolder Core Items - Build These First
These are Smolder's essential items that you should build in nearly every game. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.
Essence Reaver
2,900Click for detailed item information and stats
Crit Chance:25%
Attack Damage:6050.60%Win Rate85.09%Pick RateRapid Firecannon
2,650Movement builds charges that release a sieging fire attack on release
Crit Chance:25%
Attack Speed:35%
Movement Speed:4%52.94%Win Rate47.24%Pick RateInfinity Edge
3,450Massively enhances critical strikes
Crit Chance:25% Attack Damage:6555.46%Win Rate33.50%Pick Rate
High Win Rate Situational Items for Smolder
These are the recommended top performing situational items to complete your Smolder build. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.
Spear of Shojin
3,100Reduce damage taken from champions by a flat amount. Attack while near multiple enemy champions to increase this amount for a short time.
Health:450 Attack Damage:4552.00%Win Rate62.27%Pick Rate
Bloodthirster
3,400Grants Attack Damage, Life Steal and Life Steal now overheals
LifeSteal:15% Attack Damage:8057.39%Win Rate7.79%Pick Rate
Best Boots for Smolder
Choose your boots based on the enemy team composition and your playstyle needs.
Recommended Trinket for Smolder
Your recommended trinket choice for vision control and map awareness.
Complete Smolder Build Item Stats
Combined statistics from all items in this Smolder build.
Armor:40- Movement Speed:50
- Crit Chance:75%
- Attack Damage:250
- Attack Speed:35%
- Movement Speed:4%
- Health:450
- LifeSteal:15%
Smolder Counter Build Advice
When facing Smolder's top counters like Jhin, Mel, Aphelios, consider adjusting your situational items to increase survivability and match their damage output. If counter champions are building high damage, prioritize armor items against AD-heavy counter picks or magic resistance items against AP threats in your situational item slots to reduce burst damage and improve trading potential. Your core build provides strong damage output. Against tanky counter picks, consider penetration items or percentage-based damage from your situational options to maintain kill pressure. Adapt your final build slots with items like Spear of Shojin or Bloodthirster based on which counter champions you're facing and their itemization patterns. Monitor enemy builds and adjust accordingly for optimal Smolder performance.
Smolder - Champions with Similar Builds
These champions share similar playstyles with Smolder. The build shown is Smolder's current smolder build configuration, which may also be effective on these champions.
Champion | Full Build | Win Rate | Pick Rate | View Build |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57.1% | 11.7% | View Build → | ||
| 54.9% | 14.7% | View Build → |
Smolder Build - Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best Smolder build?
The best Smolder build in this patch includes Essence Reaver, Rapid Firecannon, and Infinity Edge. This build has a 55.65% win rate and is picked 8.31% of the time.
What are Smolder's core items?
Smolder's core items are Essence Reaver, Rapid Firecannon, and Infinity Edge. These items provide the best stats and synergies for Smolder's kit and playstyle in League of Legends.
What are the best boots for Smolder?
Armored Advance are the best boots for Smolder. Deal damage to empower your heals and shields They are included in 8.3% of Smolder builds.
What is the best trinket for Smolder?
Oracle Lens is the best trinket for Smolder. Disables nearby invisible wards and traps for a duration Using Oracle Lens helps Smolder maintain vision around objectives and track enemy movements.
Are there alternative Smolder builds?
Yes, alternative Smolder builds include options like Essence Reaver, Spear of Shojin, and Infinity Edge. Different builds can be more effective depending on team composition and matchups.
Where does MetaBot source build data for Smolder?
MetaBot sources its build data for Smolder directly from the Riot Games API, provided to developers for ingesting game data from League of Legends. MetaBot analyzes hundreds of thousands of matches daily to help it determine build statistics.
How does MetaBot determine what the best Smolder builds are?
MetaBot filters out any matches that don't use complete builds for Smolder. From there, we aggregate the Smolder builds data and use that to determine which builds are finding the most success in the current League of Legends meta. High performing builds with low confidence intervals resulting from thin data are dropped from our final results.
