the Fiery Fledgling

Smolder Build

DifficultyMedium

Role

MarksmanMage

Lane

Duo

Roles and difficulty from the global official site, lane from the China-server official site

Smolder Win Rate, Pick Rate, Ban Rate & Tier

Stats: League of Legends: Wild Rift (China) official stats (All ranks / Diamond+ / Master+ / Challenger / Rift Apex), as of 2026-10-13

DuoDuo (ADC)
Rank tier	Win Rate	Pick Rate	Ban Rate	Tier
All ranks	50.2%	6.0%#14	5.4%	A
Diamond+	52.0%	7.4%#12	2.9%	A
Master+	52.1%	7.8%#11	2.6%	A
Challenger	52.9%	9.8%#7	2.2%	S
Rift Apex	52.1%	11.7%#5	3.1%	S

TopTop (Solo)
Rank tier	Win Rate	Pick Rate	Ban Rate	Tier
All ranks	49.8%	1.1%#35	5.4%	C
Diamond+	50.6%	1.2%#39	2.9%	D
Master+	50.5%	1.2%#39	2.6%	D
Challenger	49.2%	1.6%#34	2.2%	D
Rift Apex	47.6%	1.1%#40	3.1%	D

MidMid
Rank tier	Win Rate	Pick Rate	Ban Rate	Tier
All ranks	48.7%	1.1%#42	5.4%	D
Diamond+	No data
Master+	No data
Challenger	No data
Rift Apex	No data

The tier list shows Master+ figures by default.

Popular Smolder builds in game

Taken from the in-game loadout screen as of 2026-10-07. The pick count and win rate are shown exactly as the game reports them.

Build 1DuoWin rate 55.65%Picks 7,042

Runes

Build 2DuoWin rate 54.17%Picks 5,867

Runes

Skill Order (Lv 1 - 15)

Ult

Max Skill 1 first: it is both your key stacking tool and your primary damage source.

Smolder Strengths

✓Scaling that grows sharply toward the late game
✓Passive that raises damage the more stacks he builds
✓Mobility from Skill 3, which flies over terrain

Smolder Weaknesses

×Weak early laning phase that must be survived
×Short range, so he is easily inside enemy reach
×Weak to CC; once caught, escape is difficult

Smolder Early Game

You deal very little damage early, so focus on building stacks with Skill 1. Avoid forced trades. Farm safely, under your tower if needed, and wait for your power spike.

Smolder Mid Game

Keep farming toward 175 stacks in the mid game. In skirmishes, stay behind your team and land Skill 2 and Skill 1 carefully. Holding a position where you cannot be caught matters most.

Smolder Late Game

Once you reach 175 stacks, the game is yours to carry. Your wide AoE and true damage burn down the enemy team. Keep your teammates between you and the enemy, hold a safe position, and keep dealing damage.

Smolder Teamfights

In teamfights, rely on your team's peel and melt the nearest frontliner first, then work inward. If an assassin targets you or danger is close, fly over a wall with Skill 3 to make distance. Keep attacking as you back off so the kite never stops.

⚠️ Common Mistakes

Forcing trades in the early game

Stepping up to force damage trades early, before you have stacks, is the play to avoid. Smolder builds stacks by last-hitting minions with Skill 1 and hitting champions with skills, and those stacks are what make him a late-game carry. Prioritize safe farming and stacking early. From level 5, use Ult for wave clear or to help your team while you wait for your power spike.

Smolder Combos

Basic Harass

Land the 1.5s slow from Skill 2, then guarantee the breath from Skill 1.

Smolder Skills

Passive

Dragon Practice

Dragon Practice:
Hitting enemy champions with abilities and killing enemies with Super Scorcher Breath grant a stack of Dragon Practice, which improves Smolder's basic abilities.
Dragon Practice Empowering Effects
- Super Scorcher Breath: Deals an additional 30%AP magic damage and gains new effects at 25, 100, and 175 stacks.
- Achooo! : Explosions deal an additional 55%AP magic damage.
- Flap, Flap, Flap : Each hit deals an additional 12%AP magic damage and gains an extra bolt every 65 stacks.
Nearby allied champions can also grant Smolder Dragon Practice stacks when they execute minions with Spectral Sickle or Relic Shield.

Skill 1

Super Scorcher Breath

⏳ 5.5s

Belches flame, dealing 45 physical damage (45 + 110% bonus AD) and 30%AP magic damage.
If the target dies, 15 Mana is refunded, once per cast.
Dragon Practice Empowering Effects
- 25 stacks: Damages all enemies nearby the target.
- 100 stacks: Sends 2 explosions (2 + 1.1%AP) beyond the target that deal 50% of this ability's damage.
- 175 stacks: Burns the target, dealing 0% of their max HP as true damage (0.025% bonus AD + 0.005%AP) over 3 seconds. Enemy champions that drop below 6.5% of their max HP while burning are killed instantly.
This ability's damage scales with Critical Rate and Critical Damage (max 65.25% increase).
Deals 110% damage against minions and monsters.

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3	LVL 4
Cooldown	5.5	5	4.5	4
Base Damage	45	80	115	150

Skill 2

Achooo!

⏳ 12s

Lets out a flaming sneeze, dealing 65 physical damage (65 + 60% bonus AD) and slowing by 35% for 1.5 seconds.
Sneeze Blast:
- Hitting champions causes an explosion, dealing 10 physical damage (10 + 55% bonus AD + 80%AP) and 55%AP magic damage in an area.
- Each consecutive explosion does 75% damage.
- Smolder gains 1 Dragon Practice stack(s) per champion hit.
Deals 130% damage against minions and monsters.

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3	LVL 4
Cooldown	12	11	10	9
Cost	50	55	60	65
Base Damage	65	85	105	125
Detonation damage	10	35	60	85

Skill 3

Flap, Flap, Flap

⏳ 18s

Gains 75% Movement Speed and ignores terrain for 1.25 seconds.
Boom! :
- While flying, automatically locks on to the lowest HP enemy in range and bombards them 5 times (5 + 1.54%AP).
- Each hit deals 32 physical damage (15 + 30%AD) and 12%AP magic damage.
Dragon Vision:
- Gains expanded vision while flying.
- Prioritizes champions for bombarding.

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3	LVL 4
Cooldown	18	16	14	12
Base Damage	15	20	25	30

Ult

Mmooommmm!

⏳ 80s

Smolder's mom breathes fire from above, dealing 200 physical damage (200 + 110% bonus AD + 100%AP) to enemies in range.

Enemies in the center take 300 physical damage (300 + 165% bonus AD + 150%AP) and are slowed by 40% for 2 seconds.

Smolder heals for 100 HP (100 + 50% bonus AD + 75%AP) if he is hit.

Deals 50% damage against minions and monsters.

Details	LVL 1	LVL 2	LVL 3
Cooldown	80	70	60
Base Damage	200	300	400
Base Damage	300	450	600
Heal	100	135	170

Smolder Base Stats

League of Legends: Wild Rift (China) official champion library (patch 7.3, as of 2026-09-23), with the official global patch notes applied up to 7.3a

Official ratings

Damage3/3

Survivability2/3

Utility1/3

Difficulty2/3

A three-step guide set by the official champion library. For difficulty, a higher number means harder to play.

Level1

Health600LV15 2280

Mana390LV15 1090

Attack Damage54LV15 103

Armor34LV15 97

Magic Resist30LV15 49.6

Movement Speed335

Compare with every champion Open the damage calculator at LV1

Critical damage is 200% for every champion. These figures exclude items and runes.

Smolder Patch History

Smolder

Patch 7.1e

Adjust

Super Scorcher Breath

Stacks required for each upgrade20/85/150 → 25/100/175
Crit-based damage ratioCrit Chance × 50% → (Crit Chance + Bonus Crit Damage) × 45%

Our take

Every upgrade threshold moves up, so Smolder takes longer to reach his finished form. The final tier in particular goes from 150 to 175 stacks, meaning a game where his farm stalls can end before he ever gets there. In exchange, the damage ratio now reads bonus crit damage as well as crit chance; the coefficient drops to 45%, but the ceiling rises. Building toward extra crit damage is now worth more than stacking crit chance alone.

Smolder

Patch 7.0f

Nerf

Base Stats

AD growth per level4 → 3.5

Dragon Practice (Passive)

Bonus damage to Super Scorcher Breath40% → 30%

Super Scorcher Breath

Base damage55/90/125/160 → 45/80/115/150

Our take

Lower AD growth per level means Smolder's auto attacks no longer scale up as quickly just from levelling. On top of that, both the base damage on Super Scorcher Breath and the bonus damage his passive adds to it are cut, which drags his output down across the early and mid game. With three sources reduced at once, building an early lead is much harder, and the play becomes surviving quietly until the items arrive.

Smolder

Patch 7.0a

Nerf

Super Scorcher Breath

Cooldown4.5/4/3.5/3s → 5.5/5/4.5/4s

Achooo!

Sneeze blast damage reduced.

Our take

One more second of cooldown at every rank slows both his stacking and how often he can act in lane. Smolder's whole appeal is how much stronger he gets as stacks pile up, so fewer casts early pushes back the point where he becomes a threat. The sneeze blast on Achooo! hits for less as well, which weakens his wave clear and his poke at the same time.