Smolder Top Build

Smolder Champion Guide

Role: Marksman

Lane: Toplane

The best build for Smolder Top includes Essence Reaver, Boots of Swiftness, Spear of Shojin, Rapid Firecannon, and Infinity Edge. The most effective rune setup consists of Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth in the primary tree, along with Presence of Mind and Legend: Haste 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

Maokai

Vladimir

Illaoi

Rumble

Warwick

Renekton

Weak against

Irelia

Viktor

Yasuo

Urgot

Aatrox

Jayce

Best Smolder Builds, Runes and Items for Top

Most Popular Build

For Smolder in the top lane, take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. Use Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, with Demolish, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth in the primary rune tree. In the secondary tree, Presence of Mind and Legend: Haste provide additional utility. For rune shards, take Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex, and Health in defense, though adjustments can be made based on the matchup. Start with Essence Reaver as your first item, followed by Boots of Swiftness and Spear of Shojin. Complete the build with Rapid Firecannon, Infinity Edge, and Bloodthirster. Max your abilities in the order of Q - W - E.

Optional Build

An alternative Smolder setup uses Flash and Teleport as Summoner Spells. The runes focus on Fleet Footwork as the keystone, supported by Presence of Mind, Legend: Haste, and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, with Gathering Storm and Transcendence in the secondary tree. This setup benefits from Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex, and Health in defense. The core items include Essence Reaver first, followed by Boots of Swiftness and Spear of Shojin. The final three items are Rapid Firecannon, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Immortal Shieldbow. Stick with Q - W - E as the ability max order.

Alternative Build

For a different take, use Flash and Teleport along with Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth in the primary rune tree. The secondary runes include Legend: Haste and Presence of Mind. Take Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. Start with Trinity Force, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Manamune. Round out your build with Spear of Shojin, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Mortal Reminder. Max your abilities in the order of Q - W - E.

Situational Smolder Runes and Items

Adjust your build based on your matchup, the enemy team composition, and the game state. Consider taking Armor or Magic Resist in your rune shards depending on your lane opponent. Certain items may be more effective depending on the situation, so adapt accordingly to maximize your performance.