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Smolder
Patch 16.2.1
BotDifficulty
Easy
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Survive the early game by playing passively and farming stacks. Once you reach your late-game power, use your superior range and AoE damage to melt entire teams from behind your frontline.
Playstyle
A scaling caster marksman who prioritizes stack accumulation to transform from a weak fledgling into a late-game engine of destruction.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Infinite scaling damage via
- +High safety with terrain-traversing mobility on
- +Massive area-of-effect impact in late-game fights
- +Long-range poke and stacking potential with
Weaknesses
- -Extremely vulnerable to early-game aggression and dives
- -Heavy reliance on reaching stack milestones to be relevant
- -Long cooldown on leaves you defenseless if wasted
- -Low base health and short attack range compared to other ADCs
Abilities
Dragon Practice is your lifeblood. Every time you hit a champion with an ability or kill a minion with , you gain a stack. These stacks directly increase the damage of all your basic abilities, making your late game terrifying.
Super Scorcher Breath is your primary tool. It's a targeted fireball that evolves as you stack . Always use this to last hit minions; if you aren't using to farm, you aren't scaling.
Achooo! provides long-range poke. Because it explodes on champions, it is your best way to farm stacks from a safe distance during the laning phase.
Flap, Flap, Flap is your get-out-of-jail-free card. It lets you fly over walls and automatically attacks the lowest health enemy. Never use this to engage unless you are 100% sure you will get the kill and remain safe.
MMOOOMMMM! is a massive wave of fire. It deals damage in a large area, but the center is key—it deals extra damage and slows enemies. Use it to peel for yourself or to turn the tide of a dragon fight.
Teamfight Role
Scaling Backline Caster
Position yourself behind your tanks and spam and on the closest safe target. Use to disrupt the enemy dive or to follow up on your team's engage.
If a high-priority target is escaping with low HP, use to bypass frontline tanks or walls to secure the kill.
Combos
Laning Poke
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Use the slow and explosion from to guarantee you can walk up and land a on the enemy for two easy stacks.
The Flight Finish
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Hit the enemy with to slow them, then use to close the gap or fly over a wall, finishing them with the auto-targeting fire and a final .
Teamfight Opener
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Drop on the clumped-up enemy team to slow them in the center, making it impossible for them to dodge the explosion and subsequent spam.
Safety Stack
on wave → low health minion
The most efficient way to farm . Use to soften the entire wave and then execute the lowest one with for maximum stack generation.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | You are at your absolute weakest. Focus exclusively on using to farm stacks rather than trading. |
| Level 6 | Unlocking gives you a massive defensive and offensive tool that helps you survive ganks and contest objectives. |
| Level 9 | With fully leveled, the cooldown is low enough that your stack generation begins to accelerate rapidly. |
| Level 11 | Second point in provides more frequent teamfight impact and higher utility for mid-game skirmishes. |
| Level 16 | Usually coinciding with high counts, your hits its peak damage and you become the primary win condition for your team. |
Tips & Tricks
- • width increases when it hits a champion, making it easier to hit multiple targets for stacks.
- •You can use to fly over thick walls in the jungle to escape ganks that would kill any other ADC.
- •Always prioritize last hitting with over harass in the first 10 minutes of the game.
- •The center of is where the value is; try to predict where the enemy will be in 2 seconds to land the slow.
- • attacks the lowest health target, so it is perfect for finishing off enemies who have used Flash to get away.
- •If you are being dove, cast slightly behind yourself so the wave hits the divers as they approach.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using to fly into a fight→You are left with zero mobility and will likely be collapsed on and killed instantly.
- ✕Missing last hits early→You delay your power spikes, making you useless during the critical mid-game transitions.
- ✕Casting only on minions→You miss out on free stacks that are granted when hitting enemy champions.
- ✕Using as a finishing move only→You lose the powerful slow and area denial that could have won the fight earlier.
- ✕Overextending for a stack while is down→The enemy support will engage on you, and without your flight, you have no way to escape.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached