Smolder Build
Latest Smolder build for League of Legends with items, runes, summoner spells, skill order, counters and patch data.
Smolder Build Guide
Smolder is an ADC hybrid drawing from both marksman and mage damage, and he’s viable in mid lane as well as his primary bot lane role. Current ranked data has him at a 50.57% win rate on a 5.47% pick rate for patch 16.13.1.
Deathfire Touch adds early burn damage to fuel his scaling passive, and the core build of Essence Reaver, Black Cleaver, and Spear of Shojin keeps his damage output climbing through the mid game. Skill order runs Q, W, then E. Full item path, runes, and matchup notes follow below.
Smolder Build
Imported from op.gg · updated every 48 hours · last update Aug 1, 2026.
Starting Items
Core Items
Boots
Full Item Set
Smolder Runes — Sorcery + Inspiration
Deathfire Touch 
Nimbus Cloak 
Celerity 
Gathering Storm 
Magical Footwear 
Jack Of All Trades 
Adaptive Force 
Move Speed 
Health Scaling Smolder Summoner Spells
Flash 
BarrierSmolder Skill Order
Ability Order by Level
Levels shown as recorded in ranked data; R is highlighted at its level-up points.
Starting Items
Core Items
Boots
Full Item Set
Smolder Runes — Sorcery + Inspiration
Deathfire Touch Nimbus Cloak Celerity Gathering Storm Magical Footwear Jack Of All Trades Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling Smolder Summoner Spells
Flash 
TeleportSmolder Skill Order
Ability Order by Level
Levels shown as recorded in ranked data; R is highlighted at its level-up points.
Smolder Counters
Weak Against
46.2% 117 games 
50.8% 134 games 
53.7% 136 games 
54.7% 232 games Strong Against
54.7% 232 games 53.7% 136 games 50.8% 134 games 46.2% 117 games Win rates are Smolder's results against each champion, imported from op.gg.
Smolder Build FAQ
Based on current ranked data (op.gg, patch 16.15.1), the strongest recorded Smolder build in ADC goes Essence Reaver, Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin as core items, with a 49.35% win rate across 7,419 games.
The most played rune page runs Deathfire Touch (Sorcery) with Inspiration as the secondary tree.
Essence Reaver, Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin.
Based on real matchup data, Smolder struggles most against Caitlyn, Jhin, Ezreal.
Build and counter data is refreshed automatically every 48 hours from ranked game statistics.