Smolder Top Build
The patch 26.1 Smolder top build uses Mercury's Treads, Essence Reaver, Rapid Firecannon, Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, Farsight Alteration. This Smolder build has a 7.85% pick rate and a 61.45% win rate in LoL patch 26.1. 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/
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- 65/
- 70
Cooldown:- 14/
- 13/
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- 11/
- 10
Range:- 1500
Flap, Flap, Flap
Smolder takes flight ignoring terrain and bombarding the lowest health enemy.
Cost:- 65
Cooldown:- 24/
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- 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
Select a Smolder Build
Essence Reaver
Rapid Firecannon
Infinity Edge
- Essence Reaver
Spear of Shojin- Rapid Firecannon
- Spear of Shojin
- Rapid Firecannon
- Infinity Edge
- Essence Reaver
- Spear of Shojin
- Infinity Edge
Best Smolder Build - Highest Win Rate Items
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.
These are Smolder's essential core items that you should build in nearly every game. Essence Reaver (51.9% WR, +0.6% WR diff, 90.6% pick rate) provides 0.25% Crit Chance, 55 AD. Rapid Firecannon (54.3% WR, +3.0% WR diff, 56.3% pick rate) provides 0.25% Crit Chance, 0.35% AS, 0.04% Speed. Infinity Edge (55.8% WR, +4.5% WR diff, 45.8% pick rate) provides 0.25% Crit Chance, 75 AD. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.
2,900Smolder build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Strongest in: Gold Efficiency, Physical Damage. Lower in: Physical Resistance, Health, Magic Damage.
Top situational items for Smolder include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.
The best boots for Smolder are Mercury's Treads. Adjust based on enemy team comp.
The recommended trinket for Smolder is Farsight Alteration for vision control and map awareness.
Combined statistics from all items in this Smolder build.
Magic Resistance:20
Movement Speed:45
Crit Chance:100%
Attack Damage:245
Attack Speed:35%- Movement Speed:4%
LifeSteal:15%
When facing Smolder's top counters like Twitch, Nilah, MissFortune, 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 Lord Dominik's Regards or Bloodthirster based on which counter champions you're facing and their itemization patterns. Monitor enemy builds and adjust accordingly for optimal Smolder performance.
This Smolder critical strike-focused AD carry build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. With a 61.5% win rate across 179 matches, this build has proven highly effective in the current meta. The build's key strengths include exceptional physical damage output with 245 total attack damage from items, high critical strike chance for burst potential. This Smolder build excels when your team has frontline champions to protect you during teamfights. Pair with engage supports or tanks who can create space for Smolder to deal damage safely. The sustain from this build helps Smolder outlast opponents in extended trades, making it ideal against poke-heavy compositions. However, be aware that this build lacks defensive stats making Smolder vulnerable to burst damage and low health pool requiring careful positioning. With a total gold cost of 17,000, this Smolder build scales into the late game. Focus on farming efficiently and reaching your Essence Reaver, Rapid Firecannon, Infinity Edge power spike before taking major fights. For optimal results with this Smolder build, focus on proper itemization timing, positioning in teamfights, and adapting your situational items based on the specific challenges each game presents.
Champions that use similar core items to Smolder. These builds share at least 2 core items with the current top smolder build and may have similar playstyles and power spikes.
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 61.45% win rate and is picked 7.85% 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?
Mercury's Treads are the best boots for Smolder. These boots provide optimal mobility and stats for Smolder's playstyle. They are included in 7.8% of Smolder builds.
What is the best trinket for Smolder?
Farsight Alteration is the best trinket for Smolder. This trinket provides optimal vision control and map awareness. Using Farsight Alteration helps Smolder maintain vision around objectives and track enemy movements.
Are there alternative Smolder builds?
Yes, alternative Smolder builds include options like Spear of Shojin, Rapid Firecannon, 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.