What are the best runes for Smolder Bot?

Deathfire Touch in Sorcery with Inspiration secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (50.8% win rate).

What is the best build for Smolder?

Rush Essence Reaver, Black Cleaver and Spear of Shojin. It wins 54.2% of Bot games on patch 26.20.

Is Smolder good on patch 26.20?

Smolder has a 49.5% win rate in Bot this patch, which makes it a situational pick.

Who counters Smolder?

Hwei, Nilah, Viktor are among the strongest counters to Smolder Bot this patch, by ranked win rate.

Smolder build

Bot · patch 26.20

Smolder is currently a situational Bot pick on patch 26.20, holding a 49.5% win rate across 84,921 games (5.5% pick rate, 1.8% ban rate). It scales well, its win rate climbs to 57.3% in games past 40 minutes, so playing for the late game pays off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

49.5%

Pick

5.5%

Ban

1.8%

Games

84,921

Region

Global TR EUW EUNE NA KR BR LAN LAS OCE RU JP

Summoner Spells

// The build · 54.2% win ratevs 49.5% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start49.9%+0.4

First back

Core · in order54.2%+4.7

The whole build

Boots51.8%+2.3

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

50.8% win rate

Sorcery

Inspiration

Skill Order

Max order:

Q→

W→

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Win Rate by Game Length

How the champion performs as games go longer.

< 25 min44.4%

25-30 min47.5%

30-35 min51.7%

35-40 min53.9%

40+ min57.3%

43%50%59%

Win Rate Trend

51.3%

49.2%

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// Matchups · who beats SmolderAll matchups →

// The short version

Start Doran's Blade and Health Potion and rush Essence Reaver, Black Cleaver and Spear of Shojin; this core wins 54.2% of Bot games; Deathfire Touch is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → W → E.