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Everything for Smolder Top on patch 16.11, pulled from real Emerald+ ranked games — the build path, rune pages, the counters worth banning, the strongest teammates, and Smolder's win conditions.
Smolder is an AD carry in the top, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as an off-meta pick — a 44.8% win rate, 0.5% pick rate, 6,340 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Smolder is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.
How Smolder wins: grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Smolder tips the fight, and winning the wave and turning push priority into map control. The kit grades 7/10 teamfighting, 7/10 waveclear. Smolder's soft spots are roaming and disengage (2/10, 2/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.
The most-played core build is Essence Reaver, Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, which holds a 49.1% win rate across 621 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.
The matchup to respect is Katarina, where Smolder sits at just 35.4%, the lane swings the other way into Garen (55.4%), and on the team side, Smolder gains the most from a Vayne (+7.0% pair win rate).
The build Smolder Top players run most on patch 16.11, shown with its live win rate. Choose the enemy team up top to tailor it to the comp you are facing.
Champions that beat Smolder Top the most this patch, anywhere on the enemy team. Top ban targets.
Who Smolder Top wants on the team: partners with the biggest positive swing on Smolder's win rate this patch.
Best Jungle partners for Smolder
Best Mid partners for Smolder
Best ADC partners for SmolderSmolder is also played in these other roles this patch.
For full draft-time coaching with all 10 picks, use the Team Builder. To see Smolder's tier on this patch, see the Tier List.
