Smolder is a ranged marksman usually played Bot on Summoner's Rift. This guide covers Smolder in ARAM: Play as a poke-heavy artillery mage in ARAM, stacking your passive with frequent ability usage and staying at max range to safely execute low-health targets with your ultimate.
Smolder ARAM Abilities
Hitting champions or killing enemies with Super Scorcher Breath grants stacks that increase basic ability damage.
Smolder breathes fire, gaining power with stacks to hit multiple enemies.
Smolder sneezes fire, exploding on enemy champions to deal damage.
Smolder flies over terrain and bombards the lowest-health enemy with a volley of attacks.
Smolder's mom breathes fire from above, slowing and dealing extra damage to enemies in the center.
Smolder ARAM Playstyle & Tips
Play as a poke-heavy artillery mage in ARAM, stacking your passive with frequent ability usage and staying at max range to safely execute low-health targets with your ultimate.
Tips
Stack your passive quickly by poking with Super Scorcher Breath (Q) on minions and champions.
Use Flap, Flap, Flap (W) to zone enemies in narrow ARAM corridors.
Save your ultimate for teamfights or to secure kills on low-health enemies.
Build ability haste to spam your abilities and stack your passive faster.
Position safely behind your team and poke from range to avoid burst damage.
Combos
W (Flap, Flap, Flap) to slow, then Q (Super Scorcher Breath) for empowered damage.
E (Flutter) to reposition, then R (M-M-M-Motherlode!) for a surprise execute.
Q (Super Scorcher Breath) after stacking passive with W and auto-attacks for max burn.
Smolder ARAM Build Patch 16.13
Runes
Primary — Sorcery
Deathfire Touch
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Gathering StormSecondary — Precision
Legend: Haste
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Skill Order
Max your skills in this order
Starter Items
- 1.
Glowing Mote - 2.
Caulfield's Warhammer
Core Items
- 1.
Essence Reaver - 2.
Gluttonous Greaves - 3.
Spear of Shojin
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy team has multiple tanks
- your team is mostly AD
- you need armor shred for carries
Avoid when:
- enemy team is all squishy
- your team is full AP
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- your champion scales with crit
- enemy team has no armor stackers
- you already have enough attack speed
Avoid when:
- enemy has thornmail or randuin's
- you need survivability or utility
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- you need sustained dps in long fights
- enemy has low burst damage
- your champion benefits from lifesteal
Avoid when:
- enemy has grievous wounds or burst
- you need armor penetration instead
Options
Smolder ARAM FAQ
What is the best build for Smolder in ARAM?
In ARAM, Smolder typically builds core items like Essence Reaver, Gluttonous Greaves, Spear of Shojin and Deathfire Touch runes (Sorcery primary, Precision secondary).
What runes should I use for Smolder in ARAM?
Take Deathfire Touch in the Sorcery tree as your keystone, with Precision as your secondary tree for Smolder in ARAM.
How do you play Smolder in ARAM?
Play as a poke-heavy artillery mage in ARAM, stacking your passive with frequent ability usage and staying at max range to safely execute low-health targets with your ultimate.
What is Smolder's best combo in ARAM?
W (Flap, Flap, Flap) to slow, then Q (Super Scorcher Breath) for empowered damage.
