01 / Smolder
At a glance
Learn Smolder abilities and prepare your first games. Find builds for each supported role.
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Strengths & weaknesses
Tools to play around
- Super Scorcher BreathAdds a utility effect to the champion’s kit.
- MMOOOMMMM!Contributes damage to the champion’s rotation.
What can go wrong
- Super Scorcher BreathRead the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
- MMOOOMMMM!Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
- A completed combo is only useful when your position, resources and follow-up are safe.
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Abilities & tips
Open an ability to read its effect and a practical use tip.
PDragon Practice
Hitting champions with Abilities and killing enemies with Super Scorcher Breath grants a stack of Dragon Practice. Stacks increase the damage of Smolders basic Abilities.
Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
QSuper Scorcher Breath
Smolder breathes fire on an enemy. As he gains more stacks, this ability becomes more powerful.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
WAchooo!
Smolder lets out an adorable flaming sneeze that explodes when hitting enemy champions.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
EFlap, Flap, Flap
Smolder takes flight ignoring terrain and bombarding the lowest health enemy.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
RMMOOOMMMM!
Smolder calls his mom to breath fire from above, dealing extra damage and slowing enemies in the center of her fire.
Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
Smolder combos: execution and timing
AA = basic attack · EAA = empowered attack · 1/2/3 = cast stage. Follow the order, not instant key presses.
Spell and attack trade: Achooo!
- AA
- W
- AA
- Q
- AA
With Smolder, start with Basic attack, then continue through Achooo! → Basic attack → Super Scorcher Breath → Basic attack. Read the resource or charge indicator for Dragon Practice before starting. Compare this sequence with and without the required preparation.
Recast practice: Super Scorcher Breath
- Q
- AA
- W
- AA
- E
- AA
- AA
- Q
With Smolder, start with Super Scorcher Breath, then continue through Basic attack → Achooo! → Basic attack → Flap, Flap, Flap → Basic attack → Basic attack → Super Scorcher Breath. Read the resource or charge indicator for Dragon Practice before starting. Compare this sequence with and without the required preparation.
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Game plan by role
Smolder · Bot
Coordinate trades with your support and keep last hits consistent. Stand where you can attack without stepping into both enemy players’ threat range.
Collect safe farm while staying close enough to join your team. Check the map before crossing an exposed side lane for one more wave.
Keep dealing damage to an accessible target while tracking enemy engage tools. A safer sustained position is often better than chasing a distant carry.
Before your next fight, check: Super Scorcher Breath · MMOOOMMMM! · Combos
Smolder · Mid
Use the wave to control when trades happen. Keep a defensive option if the opposing jungler is missing, and avoid forcing a combo into a large enemy wave.
Move after checking the wave, vision and who can follow. A useful roam should not cost several uncontested waves for no clear opportunity.
Fight from a position where you can repeat your useful spells. Look for an opening after enemy control is spent instead of entering first by habit.
Before your next fight, check: Super Scorcher Breath · MMOOOMMMM! · Combos
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Matchup preparation
Compare opponents in the build for the role you are actually playing. Then check their key control, escape and defensive spells before choosing your trade.
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Practice checklist
- Cast each ability alone and identify its range, target conditions and stopping point.
- Practise the first sequence slowly. Repeat it while moving, without skipping the conditions shown on its card.
- After each attempt, identify the spell you would still have available to defend or retreat.
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Smolder · Builds & runes
Choose a role, then select your rank on the build page for runes, items, skill order and matchup statistics.