Smolder Mid Build

Smolder Champion Guide

Role: Marksman

Lane: Midlane

Smolder Mid performs best with a build featuring Essence Reaver, Ionian Boots of Lucidity, Spear of Shojin, Rapid Firecannon, and Infinity Edge. The most effective rune setup for Smolder Mid includes Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste, and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, paired with Gathering Storm and Transcendence in the secondary tree.

Smolder Champion Abilities

Dragon Practice

Hitting champions with abilities and killing enemies with Super Scorcher Breath grants a stack of Dragon Practice.

Stacks increase the damage of Smolder's basic abilities:
- Super Scorcher Breath: Deal an additional 40-70% magic damage.
- Achooo!: Explosions deal an additional 55% magic damage.
- Flap, Flap, Flap: Increase total damage by 20% magic damage. P

Super Scorcher Breath

Smolder belches flame, dealing 65 / 80 / 95 / 110 / 125 (+1.3 per attack damage) physical damage, increased by 0-75% (depending on critical strike chance). Restores 15 mana if it kills a unit (once per cast).

Depending on stacks of Dragon Practice, this ability evolves to gain the following effects:
- 25 Stacks: Damages all enemies surrounding the target.
- 125 Stacks: Sends 2 (+0.8 per 100 Dragon Practice stacks) explosions beyond the target that deal 50% of this ability's damage.
- 225 Stacks: Burns the target, dealing +2.5% per 100 bonus AD (+0.4% of Dragon Practice Stacks) max health true damage over 3 seconds. Enemy champions that drop below 6.5% total health while burning are killed instantly. Q

Achooo!

Smolder lets out an adorable flaming sneeze, dealing 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 (+0.6 per attack damage) physical damage and slowing by 35% for 1.5 seconds. Hitting champions causes an explosion, dealing 10 / 35 / 60 / 85 / 110 (+80% of ability power) (+0.65 per attack damage) physical damage. W

Flap, Flap

Smolder takes flight, gaining 75% movement speed and ignoring terrain for 1.25 seconds.

While flying, Smolder attacks the lowest health enemy 5 (+1 per 100 Dragon Practice Stacks) times for 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (+0.3 per attack damage) physical damage each. E

MMOOOMMMM!

Smolder's mom breathes fire from above, dealing 200 / 300 / 400 (+100% of ability power) (+1.1 per bonus attack damage) physical damage. Enemies in the center instead take 300 / 450 / 600 (+150% of ability power) (+1.65 per bonus attack damage) physical damage and are slowed by 40% for 2 seconds.

Smolder's mom heals her son for 100 / 135 / 170 (+75% of ability power) (+0.5 per bonus attack damage) health if she hits him. R

Smolder Summoner Spells

Flash

Flash is a location-targeted summoner spell that causes your champion to blink to the location in range of your cursor.

Teleport

Teleport is a unit-targeted summoner spell that blinks your champion to the target allied unit after a few seconds of channeling.

Teleport transforms into Unleashed Teleport after 10:00.

Smolder Runes

Smolder Items

Smolder Ability Order

Smolder Matchups Overview

Strong against

Diana

Malzahar

Talon

Anivia

Fizz

Akali

Weak against

Annie

Veigar

Vel'Koz

Kayle

Xerath

Orianna

The Best Smolder Builds, Runes and Items for Mid

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Smolder Mid build, take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, select Fleet Footwork as your keystone, followed by Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste, and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Gathering Storm with Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, use Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex, and Health in defense, depending on the matchup. Build Essence Reaver as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Spear of Shojin. Complete the build with Rapid Firecannon, Infinity Edge, and Lord Dominik's Regards. The skill order should be Q - W - E.

Optional

Your second option for Smolder Mid build would also take Flash and Teleport as Summoner Spells. For runes, pick Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth in the primary tree, with Legend: Haste and Presence of Mind in the secondary tree. Rune shards should be Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex, and Health in defense. Start with Essence Reaver, followed by Boots of Swiftness and Spear of Shojin. Finish with Rapid Firecannon, Infinity Edge, and Bloodthirster. Max your abilities in the order of Q - W - E.

Alternative

If you're looking for an alternative, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes including Fleet Footwork as your keystone, Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste, and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Gathering Storm with Transcendence in the secondary tree. For rune shards, use Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health. The items for this build are Trinity Force as the first item, Ionian Boots of Lucidity as the second item, and Manamune as the third item. Finish with Rapid Firecannon, Spear of Shojin, and Lord Dominik's Regards. Follow the ability order of Q - W - E.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an off-meta Smolder Mid build, take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm in the primary rune tree, and Legend: Haste with Cut Down in the secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. For items, start with Essence Reaver, then Boots of Swiftness and Spear of Shojin. Finish with Rapid Firecannon, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Bloodthirster. Max your abilities in the order of Q - W - E.

Situational Smolder Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you may want to build specific situational items or runes. Consider the state of the game and the champions you're facing when planning your Smolder build. For rune shards, you may choose Armor or Magic Resist based on the champion you’re laning against.