Bot · 155 games · EUW

Smolder

Bot · 80% of games Mid · 11%

Strongest when games end at 25–30 minutes (50%). On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−1018 gold).

Win rate: 47.7%; ±7.9 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: D; #42 of 50
Pick rate: 2.4%; ban 0.1%
Games: 155; ranked solo/duo

Lane opponent

Any opponent

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Smolder bot wins 47.7% of 155 ranked games in EUW, rank 42 of 50 bot champions (tier D). Most players finish Essence Reaver first, at about 11:54.

The build at a glance

What most Smolder players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Essence Reaver 12:04 · 91% · 136 games

Boots

Gluttonous Greaves 13:00 · 52% of games

Item 2

Infinity Edge 19:21 · 38% · 45 games

Item 3

Rapid Firecannon 23:21 · 68% · 19 games

Item 4 · late game

Lord Dominik's Regards 27:36 · 14 of 58 games

Item 5 · late game

Endless Hunger 34:12 · 4 of 23 games

Item 6 · late game

Bloodthirster 37:42 · 3 of 8 games

Runes

Deathfire Touch · Sorcery + Inspiration 19% of games · 40% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Blade + Health Potion 53% of games · 56% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Barrier 81% of games · 49% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Super Scorcher Breath first 87% of games · 45% wins Skill orders →

When Smolder wins

Loses short games, wins from 25 minutes

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′42% wins31% of games · 48

Lasts 25′ or more50% wins66% of games · 103

Lanes

Watch out for Tristana

Hard Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Smolder games

First Baron: 82% against 28%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 28% 82% +55

First tower 31% 74% +43

Rift Herald 35% 67% +32

First blood 38% 55% +17

First dragon 43% 53% +11

First Voidgrubs 43% 53% +10

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Smolder plays

Fewer control wards, less damage to towers

What stands out (10% or more) against the average bot laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

Fewer control wards a game0.26 against 0.44 · −41%

Less damage to towers5181 against 7897 · −34%

Fewer solo kills a game0.6 against 0.8 · −27%

Fewer multikills a game0.90 against 1.08 · −17%

Less vision a minute0.62 against 0.69 · −10%

About average: time spent dead, deaths, damage, share of team damage, minions.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~11:48

Item 2done ~19:00

Item 3done ~24:24

Item 4done ~28:48

Item 5done ~32:30

Item 6done ~35:54

Most common full builds

Essence Reaver › Gluttonous Greaves › Infinity Edge › Rapid Firecannon 53.3%15 games

Essence Reaver › Gluttonous Greaves › Spear of Shojin › Rapid Firecannon 57.1%7 games

Essence Reaver › Gluttonous Greaves › Infinity Edge › Lord Dominik's Regards › Rapid Firecannon 28.6%7 games

Essence Reaver › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Rapid Firecannon › Infinity Edge 50.0%6 games

Essence Reaver › Gluttonous Greaves › Spear of Shojin › Lord Dominik's Regards 50.0%6 games

Essence Reaver › Gluttonous Greaves › Spear of Shojin › Infinity Edge 50.0%6 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Spear of Shojin 53%17

Rapid Firecannon 49%35

Infinity Edge 46%35

Black Cleaver 38%13

Lord Dominik's Regards 36%14

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Blade + Health Potion56.1%82

Doran's Helm + Health Potion41.3%63

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion0.0%4

Boots

Gluttonous Greaves ~13:0048.8%80

Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~13:0051.7%29

Boots of Swiftness ~14:5440.0%25

Summoner spells

Flash + Barrier49.2%126

Cleanse + Flash50.0%10

Exhaust + Flash33.3%9

Skills

Max

E45.2%135

Max

W65.0%20

Start

E49.2%130

Start

E30.8%13

Hard lanes

Watch out for Tristana

Easy lanes

Good into Yunara, Jhin

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Behind at 15 against 3 of 3, still wins 2 of them

Expected: what Smolder's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (17)

Caitlyn 44% · 9

Kai'Sa 63% · 8

Jinx 50% · 8

Corki 38% · 8

Zeri 71% · 7

Ezreal 71% · 7

Lucian 83% · 6

Xayah 20% · 5

Aphelios 50% · 4

Draven 25% · 4

Varus 0% · 3

Viktor 33% · 3

Sivir 67% · 3

Kalista 33% · 3

Kog'Maw 33% · 3

Ashe 67% · 3

Swain 33% · 3

Smolder vs Jhin · 19 games · Early read

Smolder does better than expected here

53%winsexpected 48%

−699gold at 15′average −1018

−7.8minions at 10′ahead or behind

26%in on first bloodsolo kills −0.26 a game

Gold lead against Jhin Smolder's average lead

Against Jhin, Smolder is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 74% of games, and still wins 43% of those. When ahead, Smolder wins 80%.

Ahead at 15′80% wins5 games

Behind at 15′43% wins14 games

Full Smolder vs Jhin page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Enemy top Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy jungle Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy mid Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy support Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies about as often as most bot laners

Before 14 minutes Smolder dies 2.7 times a game (average 2.8). 34% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 36% for the average bot laner. 19% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.7deaths per game before 14′about average (2.8)

34%involve the enemy junglerabout average (36%)

81%outnumbered (2+ enemies)less than average (87%)

44%with no teammate nearmore than average (39%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Smolder dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of bot lane

Ganks: 55% in your half of bot lane. Collapses: 72% in your half of bot lane. 1-v-1s: 54% in your half of bot lane.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average bot laner

What kills Smolder

Kind of death

Smolder Average

Gank 34% (avg 36%)Collapse 47% (avg 50%)1-v-1 19% (avg 13%)

Who gets the kill

Smolder Average

Bot laner 52% (avg 50%)Jungler 20% (avg 21%)Support 17% (avg 16%)Mid laner 9% (avg 10%)Top laner 2% (avg 2%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00 and 6:00

Smolder Peak Average bot laner

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Ward the river before 3:00 and 6:00.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Smolder; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Smolder wins fights

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of bot lane

Before 14 minutes: 1.1 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.4 in your half of bot lane. Overall 0.6 kills per death.

Your half of bot lane 0.4 K/D 114 / 263

Their half of bot lane 1.1 K/D 117 / 110

The bot-side river 0.8 K/D 17 / 21

Your jungle 0.5 K/D 5 / 10

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Smolder wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsWorth knowingNear 34% of their team's dragon takes (average bot laner 32%). The team wins 55% when Smolder is there and 67% when not.

Leaving laneWorth knowingFirst shows up in mid lane around 15:00 (average 15:00). Bot laners who get there by 14:00 win 54% against 47%; for Smolder it is 42% against 51%.

Smolder

What most Smolder players run

Loses short games, wins from 25 minutes

Watch out for Tristana

First Baron: 82% against 28%

Fewer control wards, less damage to towers

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

Watch out for Tristana

Good into Yunara, Jhin

Behind at 15 against 3 of 3, still wins 2 of them

Smolder does better than expected here

Smolder does better than expected here

Smolder does worse than expected here

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Smolder's games

Dies about as often as most bot laners

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of bot lane

What kills Smolder

Ganks come at 3:00 and 6:00

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of bot lane

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of mid

Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your half of mid