Champion sheet · ADC

Smolder

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

2.6%#144 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.1%picked in 390 of 18,797 games
Ban: 0.5%96 bans over 17,789 games, against 0.1% in soloQ

Win rate as ADC48.0% between 43.5% and 52.6% over 325 gamesSoloQ 44.9%: no clear gap

Median length29.9 minsoloQ 27 min

Amateur: 19,023 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 348,503 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.DraftLength
How to play itDeathfire Touch, then Essence Reaver, Black Cleaver, and Spear of Shojin: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compPlays teamfights first: more teamfights than 96% of ADC.TeamfightDamagePoke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
0.9%
SoloQ
0.6%
0.9% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.6% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
0.5%
SoloQ
0.1%
0.5% ban rate in amateur play over 12,177 games, against 0.1% in soloQ over 162,170 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.9 min
SoloQ
27 min
Median of 29.9 min in amateur play, against 27 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Deathfire Touch, then Essence Reaver, Black Cleaver, and Spear of Shojin: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesDeathfire Touch79% · 3,095

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Barrier55% · 2,150

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 61 games

Core (3 legendaries)20% · 446

20%of soloQ games

Essence Reaver
Black Cleaver
Spear of Shojin

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Plays teamfights first: more teamfights than 96% of ADC.

Plays teamfightstop4%61% · ADC: 56%
Team damagetop9%27% · ADC: 23%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other ADC

What marks it

Teamfight
Damage
Poke

Like other ADC

Damage in lane
Absorbs damage
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

Few duels

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 44 in lane, 76 in mid game and 99 in late game, out of 100 ADC.

520-5 vs 525

1,026+110 vs 915

1,783+418 vs 1,366

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

SmolderADC

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 93% of ADC against the direct opponent.

ADC

Where it stands among ADC · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 44 of 100 among ADC520 · median 525
Damage in mid game · rank 76 of 100 among ADC1,026 · median 915
Damage in late game · rank 99 of 100 among ADC1,783 · median 1,366
Gold at 15 min · rank 4 of 100 among ADC-595 · median -54
Gold at 20 min · rank 8 of 100 among ADC-751 · median -85
Absorbs damage · rank 58 of 100 among ADC382 · median 361
Plays teamfights · rank 96 of 100 among ADC61% · median 56%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 7 of 100 among ADC12% · median 19%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 41 of 100 among ADCrank 41 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 42 of 100 among ADC0.4 · median 0.6
Team damage · rank 91 of 100 among ADC27% · median 23%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

Leona60.0% · expected 47.7% · 30 g+12.3 ptSoloQ +2.2

Nautilus58.1% · expected 49.6% · 31 g+8.5 ptSoloQ +2.7

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin64.5% · expected 46.9% · 31 g+17.6 ptSoloQ +2.0

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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