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Smolder

Smolder Mid

the Fiery Fledgling
Win Rate: All Roles 51.2% | as Mid 47.5%
Pick Rate: All Roles 12.3% | as Mid 1.5%
Ban Rate: 5.0%
Analyzed: 67412 ranked matches
League: Platinum+
Patch: 15.17 (25.17)
ADC Mid ARAM

Smolder Mid Guide

D Tier

Smolder is a real skill check in Mid with a 47.5% win rate (#59 among Mid champions), compared to 51.2% win rate across all roles. High skill floor - needs tons of practice. Smolder stays popular despite weak performance with 12.3% overall pick rate and only 1.5% when forced into Mid in Plat+ on patch 15.17 (25.17)**Data may mix with previous patch on the first day of patch release, based on 67412 ranked games. Very situational - only 12.5% of Smolder's games are in this role. Standard build starts with Ionian Boots of Lucidity, into Essence Reaver, Spear of Shojin, and Rapid Firecannon. Smolder has average farm - 7.23 CS/min (#12 among Mid champions) and earns 435 gold per minute. Averages 2.0 KDA (#54 among Mid champions). This champion gets banned frequently at 5.0% (59th place). Most used runes for this build are Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste, Coup de Grace, for Precision primary and Transcendence, Gathering Storm, for Sorcery secondary. When playing, most players max abilities in Q > W > E order.

Smolder Roles

Smolder

  • ADC
    (ADC - 80.9%) 54557 games

  • Mid
    (Mid - 12.5%) 8440 games

ARAM Stats

  • ARAM
    Analyzed 44607 ARAM games

Smolder Mid Stats

47.5%
Win Rate (Role)
12.5%
Mid (Role Rate)
5.0%
Ban Rate
0.0070
Penta/Game
6.4
Kills/Game
6.3
Deaths/Game
5.9
Assists/Game
0.29
Wards/Min
7.23
CS/Min
435
Gold/Min

Damage Type

Physical: 69.6%
Magic: 17.0%
True: 13.37%

Overall Champion Matrix

Smolder Mid Summoner Spells

Most Popular
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
Teleport After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
48.0% Win Rate 87.8% Pick Rate7409 games

Highest Win Rate
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ghost
Ghost Gain Move Speed and ignore unit collision for the duration.
49.8% Win Rate 0.9% Pick Rate73 games

Smolder Mid Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade (450 gold) 10 Attack Damage
80 Health
3% Life Steal
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
49.0% Win Rate 79.8% Pick Rate6735 games
Popular Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
47.0% Win Rate 55.1% Pick Rate4648 games
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
48.8% Win Rate 28.4% Pick Rate2400 games
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
45.4% Win Rate 7.2% Pick Rate605 games
Core Build
Caulfield's Warhammer
Caulfield's Warhammer (1050 gold) 20 Attack Damage
10 Ability Haste
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Essence Reaver
Essence Reaver (2900 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
25% Critical Strike Chance
Essence Drain
Attacks grant Mana On-Hit.
Spear of Shojin
Spear of Shojin (3100 gold) 45 Attack Damage
450 Health
Dragonforce
Gain 25 Basic Ability Haste.
Focused Will
Dealing damage with Abilities increases your Champion's Ability and Passive damage by 3% for 6 seconds. (stacks 4 times).
Rapid Firecannon
Rapid Firecannon (2650 gold) 35% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed
Sharpshooter
Your Energized Attack deals 40 bonus magic damage and gains 35% bonus Attack Range.
51.2% Win Rate 19.0% Pick Rate1604 games
Final Build
Guardian Angel
Guardian Angel (3200 gold) 55 Attack Damage
45 Armor
Rebirth
Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% base Health and 100% max Mana after 4 seconds of Stasis.
54.6% Win Rate 16.8% Pick Rate1420 games

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade (450 gold) 10 Attack Damage
80 Health
3% Life Steal
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
49.0% Win Rate 79.8% Pick Rate6735 games
Highest Winrate Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
48.8% Win Rate 28.4% Pick Rate2400 games
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
47.3% Win Rate 3.8% Pick Rate320 games
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
47.0% Win Rate 55.1% Pick Rate4648 games
Core Build
Sheen
Sheen (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
Spellblade
After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus physical damage On-Hit.
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Trinity Force
Trinity Force (3333 gold) 36 Attack Damage
30% Attack Speed
333 Health
15 Ability Haste
Spellblade
After using an Ability, your next Attack deals bonus physical damage On-Hit.

Quicken
Attacking grants 20 Move Speed for 2 seconds.
Spear of Shojin
Spear of Shojin (3100 gold) 45 Attack Damage
450 Health
Dragonforce
Gain 25 Basic Ability Haste.
Focused Will
Dealing damage with Abilities increases your Champion's Ability and Passive damage by 3% for 6 seconds. (stacks 4 times).
Rapid Firecannon
Rapid Firecannon (2650 gold) 35% Attack Speed
25% Critical Strike Chance
4% Move Speed
Sharpshooter
Your Energized Attack deals 40 bonus magic damage and gains 35% bonus Attack Range.
62.7% Win Rate 1.9% Pick Rate160 games
Final Build
Lord Dominik's Regards
Lord Dominik's Regards (3100 gold) 35 Attack Damage
40% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance
62.3% Win Rate 13.8% Pick Rate1166 games
Other Items
Bloodthirster
Bloodthirster (3400 gold) 80 Attack Damage
15% Life Steal
Ichorshield
Convert excess healing from your Lifesteal to a Shield.
55.2% Win Rate 14.6% Pick Rate1234 games
Lord Dominik's Regards
Lord Dominik's Regards (3100 gold) 35 Attack Damage
40% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance
62.3% Win Rate 13.8% Pick Rate1166 games
Immortal Shieldbow
Immortal Shieldbow (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
Lifeline
Taking damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a Shield for 3 seconds.
57.1% Win Rate 10.1% Pick Rate856 games
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge (3450 gold) 65 Attack Damage
25% Critical Strike Chance
40% Critical Strike Damage
59.8% Win Rate 10.0% Pick Rate847 games
Mercurial Scimitar
Mercurial Scimitar (3200 gold) 40 Attack Damage
40 Magic Resist
10% Life Steal

ACTIVE
Quicksilver
Removes all crowd control debuffs (excluding Airborne) and grants Move Speed.
51.0% Win Rate 5.7% Pick Rate477 games
Mortal Reminder
Mortal Reminder (3300 gold) 35 Attack Damage
35% Armor Penetration
25% Critical Strike Chance
Grievous Wounds
Dealing physical damage applies 40% Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds.
61.1% Win Rate 4.9% Pick Rate413 games
Maw of Malmortius
Maw of Malmortius (3100 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
40 Magic Resist
Lifeline
Taking magic damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a magic damage Shield for 3 seconds and 10% Omnivamp until end of combat.
25.4% Win Rate 2.3% Pick Rate193 games

Smolder Mid Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Fleet Footwork
Fleet Footwork

Fleet Footwork

Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack is EnergizedEn…

Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind

Presence of Mind

Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.Take…

Legend: Haste
Legend: Haste

Legend: Haste

Gain 1.5 basic ability haste for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).Earn progre…

Coup de Grace
Coup de Grace

Coup de Grace

Deal 8% more damage to champions who have less than 40% health.

Secondary Path
Sorcery
Transcendence
Transcendence

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level…

Gathering Storm
Gathering Storm

Gathering Storm

Every 10 min gain AP or AD, adaptive.10 min: + 8 AP or 5 AD 20 min: + 24 AP or …

Adaptive
Scaling Cooldown Reduction
Scaling Cooldown Reduction

Scaling Cooldown Reduction

+8 Ability Haste

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

+65 Health
+65 Health

+65 Health

+65 Health

48.2% Win Rate 48.1% Pick Rate4063 games

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Precision
Fleet Footwork
Fleet Footwork

Fleet Footwork

Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack is EnergizedEn…

Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind

Presence of Mind

Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.Take…

Legend: Bloodline
Legend: Bloodline

Legend: Bloodline

Gain 0.35% Life Steal for every Legend stack (max 15 stacks). At maximum Legend…

Cut Down
Cut Down

Cut Down

Deal 8% more damage to champions who have more than 60% health.

Secondary Path
Inspiration
Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

+65 Health
+65 Health

+65 Health

+65 Health

49.2% Win Rate 29.3% Pick Rate2476 games

Smolder best with

Smolder Mid Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Max Order: Q > W > E
47.4% Win Rate 61.7% Pick Rate5205 games

Highest Win % Skill Order

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Max Order: Q > W > E
53.1% Win Rate 1.0% Pick Rate88 games

Countered by Smolder

Smolder Counterpicks

Smolder Mid Lane Matchups

Smolder
+3.6%
Galio

Smolder vs Galio
Smolder
+1.8%
Malzahar

Smolder vs Malzahar
Smolder
-0.1%
Sylas

Smolder vs Sylas

Smolder lore:

Hidden amongst the craggy cliffs of the Noxian frontier, under the watchful eyes of his mother, a young dragon is learning what it means to be heir to the Camavoran imperial dragon lineage. Playful and eager to grow up, Smolder looks for any excuse to practice his burgeoning abilities. Though he's still a fledgling, his skills are nothing to sneeze at, easily setting fire to anything that burns.

Smolder tips:

  • Smolder has a vulnerable early game. Focus on passive stacking and staying alive to become a strong dragon later!
  • Smolder relies on his team to keep him safe. Try to find allies who can help you against enemy threats.
  • Smolder can do a lot of damage to areas of enemies. Look for attack opportunities where the enemies are close together.

Playing Against Smolder

  • Smolder relies on his team for safety. Attack him when his team can't save him.
  • Don't group up when facing Smolder!
  • Smolder is very vulnerable in the early stages. Try to take advantage of his weakness before he can learn how to be a dragon!
  • Smolders flight can be interrupted by hard CC and impacted by slows.

Smolder abilities description:

Dragon Practice
P
Dragon Practice (passive)
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
Q
Super Scorcher Breath (Q)
Smolder breathes fire on an enemy. As he gains more stacks, this ability becomes more powerful.
Achooo!
W
Achooo! (W)
Smolder lets out an adorable flaming sneeze that explodes when hitting enemy champions.
Flap, Flap, Flap
E
Flap, Flap, Flap (E)
Smolder takes flight ignoring terrain and bombarding the lowest health enemy.
MMOOOMMMM!
R
MMOOOMMMM! (R)
Smolder calls his mom to breath fire from above, dealing extra damage and slowing enemies in the center of her fire.

Smolder Skins and Splash Arts

Default Smolder Default Smolder
Heavenscale Smolder Heavenscale Smolder