Champion sheet · ADC

Smolder

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

3.4%#140 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.4%picked in 676 of 28,547 games
Ban: 1.0%232 bans over 23,110 games, against 0.5% in soloQ

Win rate as ADC45.6% between 42.1% and 49.0% over 564 gamesSoloQ 46.2%: no clear gap

Median length30 minsoloQ 28.5 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 963,871 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 tournaments2 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 / againstBetter than expected against Sion in amateur play: +18.5 pts over 31 games, range above zero.+18.5 pt31 games
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.

DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
1.0%
SoloQ
0.5%
1.0% ban rate in amateur play over 15,385 games, against 0.5% in soloQ over 431,272 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
30 min
SoloQ
28.5 min
Median of 30 min in amateur play, against 28.5 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 Touch84% · 17,938

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Barrier76% · 16,228

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 107 games

Core (3 legendaries)20% · 2,598

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?

Better than expected against Sion in amateur play: +18.5 pts over 31 games, range above zero.

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

Sion64.5% · expected 46.0% · 31 g+18.5 ptSoloQ +4.5

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV56.8% · expected 47.0% · 37 g+9.8 ptSoloQ +0.5

Wukong46.4% · expected 43.4% · 56 g+3.1 ptSoloQ +1.3

Vi46.2% · expected 45.2% · 39 g+0.9 ptSoloQ +0.1

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Jhin57.5% · expected 48.0% · 40 g+9.5 ptSoloQ +0.4

Yunara45.9% · expected 43.5% · 61 g+2.4 ptSoloQ +1.4

Xayah47.4% · expected 44.5% · 38 g+2.9 ptSoloQ +0.4

Caitlyn45.2% · expected 43.5% · 31 g+1.7 ptSoloQ -0.8

Supportgap to expected

Leona53.8% · expected 46.5% · 52 g+7.4 ptSoloQ +2.4

Nautilus46.4% · expected 45.5% · 56 g+0.9 ptSoloQ +0.2

With

Topgap to expected

Malphite59.4% · expected 45.0% · 32 g+14.3 ptSoloQ +1.1

Ornn52.5% · expected 46.0% · 40 g+6.5 ptSoloQ -2.2

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin59.4% · expected 45.3% · 32 g+14.0 ptSoloQ -1.4

Xin Zhao48.4% · expected 45.3% · 31 g+3.1 ptSoloQ -3.8

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

Seraphine51.3% · expected 46.4% · 39 g+4.9 ptSoloQ -0.5

Nautilus47.9% · expected 45.6% · 48 g+2.3 ptSoloQ -0.5

Braum47.6% · expected 47.2% · 42 g+0.4 ptSoloQ +0.8

Alistar48.6% · expected 47.0% · 35 g+1.6 ptSoloQ +1.2

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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