Smolder ARAM Mayhem Build

The Fiery Fledgling. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #110 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21MarksmanMageNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 48.5%
Pick rate: 12.1%
Rank: #110 of 173
Games: 2,814,314
Patch: 26.21

How to play Smolder in ARAM Mayhem

Smolder is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #110 of 173 champions, with a 48.5% win rate over 2,814,314 games. It is also one of the most picked champions, showing up in 12% of games, so expect to see it on both sides.

74% of Smolder's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down. It deals 43,148 damage to champions in an average game, more than most champions, so play to stay alive and keep hitting.

The Crit build, critical strike and attack speed items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Essence Reaver, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik's Regards, with a 48.6% win rate over 1,829,957 games. For boots, Gluttonous Greaves are both the most bought and the top-ranked pair.

The cards that do best on Smolder are Jeweled Gauntlet, Mad Scientist and Stackosaurus Rex. Cards built around movement speed fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability power. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Endless Decimation and Snowday when you can: they do worst on Smolder. A pair to look for: Jeweled Gauntlet with Big Shot.

Take Flash and Ghost (69% of players). Max Q (Super Scorcher Breath) first, then W, then E.

Smolder ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Smolder game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Crit build · top ranked

48.6% win rate · 76% of Smolder games · 1,829,957 games

Start

Glowing Mote
Guardian's Blade

Core items, in buying order

Essence Reaver
Infinity Edge
Lord Dominik's Regards

Boots on the Crit build for Smolder, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
Gluttonous Greaves	34%
No boots	31%
Ionian Boots of Lucidity	28%

Situational, after the core

Endless Hunger7% buy it
Bloodthirster24% buy it
Kaenic Rookern3% buy it
Spear of Shojin27% buy it
Hexoptics C443% buy it
Manamune6% buy it

Other build paths

Other Smolder build paths with share of games, win rate and core items
Path	Core items	Games	Win rate
HybridEssence Reaver, Spear of Shojin, Liandry's Torment		0.3%	48.0%
BruiserEssence Reaver, Spear of Shojin, Manamune		7.8%	47.4%

Games: the share of all Smolder games that went this way.

Most bought items

Essence Reaver79% of games
Infinity Edge77% of games
Lord Dominik's Regards48% of games
Spear of Shojin39% of games
Rapid Firecannon31% of games
Ionian Boots of Lucidity30% of games
The Collector27% of games
Gluttonous Greaves27% of games
Manamune22% of games
Bloodthirster16% of games

Best augments for Smolder

Every card with enough Smolder games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Smolder's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Smolder

9 S tier and 28 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Smolder in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Jeweled Gauntlet	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Abilities can Critically Strike for 45% increased damage. Gain Critical Strike Chance (25%+4.5% Ability Power) Crit Chance.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Stackosaurus Rex	Silver	Tier S	When you gain permanent Stacks of an Ability, gain 100% more!
The Boom and the Bass	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability…
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier S	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier S	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Homeguard	Silver	Tier S	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
Urf's Champion	Prismatic	Tier A	QUEST: Score 18 takedowns. REWARD: Gain The Golden Spatula.
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Draw Your Sword	Prismatic	Tier A	You are now melee. Gain 24% Attack Damage, 24% Health, 20% Attack Speed, 20% Lifesteal, and 20% Move Speed (each further increased based on…
Ultra Hydra	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra.
Blunt Force	Silver	Tier A	–
escAPADe	Silver	Tier A	Convert Ability Power to Bonus Attack Damage and gain (15%) Attack Damage. Converts at a rate of 0.6 Attack Damage per point of Ability…
With Haste	Gold	Tier A	Gain (70% Ability Haste) Move Speed.
Big Shot	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 35% Critical Strike Damage and 25% bonus Attack Damage. 75% of your Attack Speed is converted into Critical Strike Damage. (1% Attack…
Mystic Punch	Prismatic	Tier A	On-Hit Effects On-Hit reduce the cooldown of your abilities by 1.25 seconds Ability Haste.
Vulnerability	Gold	Tier A	Your Item and damage over time effects can Critically Strike for 145% extra damage. Gain Critical Strike Chance 25% Crit chance.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Upgrade Sheen	Gold	Tier A	Your Spellblade effects deal additional damage equal to 4% of the target's health and heal you for 3.5% of the target's health…
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier A	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
Tank It Or Leave It	Silver	Tier A	You can Critically Defend using your Crit Chance (max 50% chance), giving you a chance to reduce damage taken by 20%. Gain 25% Crit Chance.
Twin Fire	Silver	Tier A	On ability damage, fire 1 plus (3% Critical Strike Chance) missiles that deal (10–30 (by level) +7% Bonus Attack Damage+7% Ability Power)…
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Siphon	Silver	Tier A	Heal for 30% of the damage dealt to enemy champions by selected ability.
Transmute: Prismatic	Gold	Tier A	Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment.
Heavy Is The Crown	Gold	Tier A	Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease…
Recursion	Gold	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste.
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Goldrend	Prismatic	Tier A	Damaging a champion with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional (50–150 (by level) +20% Ability Power +40% Bonus Attack Damage) magic…
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier A	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Totentanz	Prismatic	Tier A	Replace a Summoner Spell with A Dance with Death. A Dance with Death: Become Unkillable for 5 seconds and blink forward. If you get a…

Average on Smolder
45 cards, best first

Below average on Smolder
30 cards, best first

Weakest on Smolder
8 cards, best first

Best first augment for Smolder

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Smolder's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Jeweled Gauntlet, Stackosaurus Rex and Mad Scientist come out on top.

The best augments for Smolder in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Jeweled GauntletTier S	Bread And ButterTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	Jeweled GauntletTier S
2	Stackosaurus RexTier S	Jeweled GauntletTier S	Jeweled GauntletTier S	Mad ScientistTier S
3	Mad ScientistTier S	Bread And JamTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
4	The Boom and the BassTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Mad ScientistTier S	Hand of BaronTier S
5	Back To BasicsTier S	Giant SlayerTier S	Giant SlayerTier S	With HasteTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Smolder, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Ghost69% of players · 49.0% win rate
Flash + Barrier3% of players · 48.7% win rate
Flash + Cleanse1% of players · 48.3% win rate

Skill order

QSuper Scorcher Breath
WAchooo!
EFlap, Flap, Flap

Max Q first. 75% of players use this order (49.1% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Smolder in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 11.3 / 10.8 / 26.0
KDA: 3.85
Damage to champions: 43,148
Damage taken: 30,036
Self-mitigated: 13,969
Healing on allies: 6
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 13 s
Kill participation: 66%
Game length: 17:12

Damage type

Physical 74%Magic 15%True 11%

Questions and answers

What is the best Smolder build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Crit build first for Smolder: Essence Reaver, Infinity Edge and Lord Dominik's Regards. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Smolder in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Smolder, best first: Jeweled Gauntlet, Mad Scientist, Stackosaurus Rex, The Boom and the Bass and Hand of Baron. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Smolder good in ARAM Mayhem?

Smolder is tier B on patch 26.21, #110 of 173 champions, with a 48.5% win rate over 2.8 million games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Smolder in ARAM Mayhem?

For Smolder's first pick on patch 26.21: Jeweled Gauntlet, Stackosaurus Rex, Mad Scientist, The Boom and the Bass and Back To Basics, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

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Get Smolder's build and card tiers in your game

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Smolder counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.