Bot · 79 games · KR

Smolder

Bot · 80% of games

Strongest when games end at 25–30 minutes (39%). On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−1040 gold).

Win rate: 43.0%; ±10.9 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: D; #35 of 39
Pick rate: 1.2%; ban 0.1%
Games: 79; ranked solo/duo

Smolder bot wins 43.0% of 79 ranked games in KR, rank 35 of 39 bot champions (tier D). Most players finish Essence Reaver first, at about 12:00.

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 12:01 · 90% · 69 games

Boots

Gluttonous Greaves 13:06 · 44% of games

Item 2

Rapid Firecannon 18:07 · 41% · 24 games

Item 3

Infinity Edge 24:26 · 100% · 14 games

Item 4 · late game

Mortal Reminder 30:06 · 6 of 21 games

Runes

Deathfire Touch · Sorcery + Inspiration 23% of games · 44% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Helm + Health Potion 58% of games · 41% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Barrier 51% of games · 45% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Super Scorcher Breath first 90% of games · 38% wins Skill orders →

When Smolder wins

Best when games end at 25–30′

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

Ends before 25′47% wins38% of games · 30

Lasts 25′ or more40% wins57% of games · 45

Lanes

Watch out for Aphelios

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

What wins Smolder games

First Baron: 79% against 27%

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

First Baron 27% 79% +52

Rift Herald 27% 63% +36

First tower 29% 62% +33

First Voidgrubs 31% 57% +26

First dragon 31% 53% +23

First blood 37% 50% +13

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

Less damage to towers, fewer solo kills

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

Less damage to towers4417 against 7332 · −40%

Fewer solo kills a game0.4 against 0.7 · −39%

Fewer multikills a game0.68 against 1.05 · −35%

About average: control wards, damage, minions, deaths, share of team damage.

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 ~18:42

Item 3done ~24:00

Item 4done ~27:18

Most common full builds

Essence Reaver › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Rapid Firecannon › Infinity Edge 27.3%11 games

Essence Reaver › Gluttonous Greaves › Infinity Edge › Rapid Firecannon 55.6%9 games

Essence Reaver › Gluttonous Greaves › Spear of Shojin › Rapid Firecannon 83.3%6 games

Essence Reaver › Black Cleaver › Gluttonous Greaves › Rapid Firecannon 25.0%4 games

Hubris › Essence Reaver › Gluttonous Greaves › Rapid Firecannon 0.0%3 games

Essence Reaver › Boots of Swiftness › Black Cleaver › Spear of Shojin 66.7%3 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 60%5

Infinity Edge 38%8

Rapid Firecannon 36%14

Black Cleaver 33%6

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 Helm + Health Potion41.3%46

Doran's Blade + Health Potion44.0%25

Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health Potion40.0%5

Boots

Gluttonous Greaves ~13:0648.6%35

Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~13:4847.1%17

Boots of Swiftness ~13:3030.8%13

Summoner spells

Flash + Barrier45.0%40

Flash + Teleport50.0%12

Cleanse + Flash41.7%12

Skills

Max

E38.0%71

Max

W87.5%8

Start

E41.3%63

Start

W50.0%10

Hard lanes

Watch out for Aphelios

Easy lanes

Good into Jhin

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Behind at 15 against 2 of 2, still wins 1 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 (8)

Jinx 14% · 7

Yunara 71% · 7

Zeri 67% · 6

Kai'Sa 20% · 5

Miss Fortune 33% · 3

Ezreal 33% · 3

Xayah 67% · 3

Caitlyn 67% · 3

Smolder vs Jhin · 18 games · Early read

Smolder does better than expected here

50%winsexpected 46%

−1234gold at 15′average −1040

−13.1minions at 10′ahead or behind

11%in on first bloodsolo kills −1.00 a game

Gold lead against Jhin Smolder's average lead

Against Jhin, Smolder is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 83% of games, and still wins 47% of those. When ahead, Smolder wins 67%.

Ahead at 15′67% wins3 games

Behind at 15′47% wins15 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 2.9 times a game (average 2.8). 32% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 39% for the average bot laner. 15% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.9deaths per game before 14′more than average (2.8)

32%involve the enemy junglerless than average (39%)

85%outnumbered (2+ enemies)about average (87%)

45%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: 59% in your half of bot lane. Collapses: 70% in your half of bot lane. 1-v-1s: 58% 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 32% (avg 39%)Collapse 53% (avg 48%)1-v-1 15% (avg 13%)

Who gets the kill

Smolder Average

Bot laner 61% (avg 49%)Jungler 19% (avg 22%)Support 13% (avg 16%)Mid laner 6% (avg 10%)Top laner 1% (avg 2%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 2:00–4:00 and 7:00, then every minute

Smolder Peak Average bot laner

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Ward the river before 2:00 and 7:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.

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 the bot-side river, loses them in your half of bot lane

Before 14 minutes: 1.6 kills per death in the bot-side river against 0.3 in your half of bot lane. Overall 0.6 kills per death.

Your half of bot lane 0.3 K/D 43 / 151

Their half of bot lane 1.4 K/D 70 / 50

The bot-side river 1.6 K/D 19 / 12

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 dragonsNo clear difference yetNear 24% of their team's dragon takes (average bot laner 32%). The team wins 55% when Smolder is there and 64% when not.

Leaving laneNo clear difference yetFirst shows up in mid lane around 14:00 (average 14:00). Bot laners who get there by 14:00 win 55% against 46%; for Smolder it is 45% against 41%.

Smolder

What most Smolder players run

Best when games end at 25–30′

Watch out for Aphelios

First Baron: 79% against 27%

Less damage to towers, fewer solo kills

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 Aphelios

Good into Jhin

Behind at 15 against 2 of 2, still wins 1 of them

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 2:00–4:00 and 7:00, then every minute

Wins fights in the bot-side river, loses them in your half of bot lane

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

Where fights happen