# Smolder Counters Who counters Smolder? Best and worst picks against Smolder by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Smolder in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/smolder/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/smolder/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Smolder](https://baronbuff.com/champions/smolder/) ## Page Content [Smolder guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/smolder/) [Play against Smolder](https://baronbuff.com/champions/smolder/how-to-play-against/) [Smolder counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/smolder/counters/) Best and worst picks against Smolder in Bot at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Veigar, Twitch and Zeri beat Smolder most often. Draven, Mel and Samira win the laning phase against Smolder by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Smolder Highest win rate versus Smolder in Bot. - 1 [Veigar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/veigar/) 351 games 56.4% - 2 [Twitch](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twitch/) 1,356 games 53.5% - 3 [Zeri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zeri/) 832 games 53.2% - 4 [Jinx](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jinx/) 4,123 games 53.1% - 5 [Aphelios](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aphelios/) 1,551 games 52.0% - 6 [Ashe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ashe/) 2,466 games 51.1% ## Worst picks against Smolder Lowest win rate versus Smolder in Bot. - 1 [Corki](https://baronbuff.com/champions/corki/) 302 games 44.0% - 2 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 210 games 44.8% - 3 [Samira](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/) 1,058 games 46.3% - 4 [Ezreal](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/) 2,264 games 46.6% - 5 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 1,672 games 47.0% - 6 [Nilah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nilah/) 257 games 47.1% - 7 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 197 games 47.2% - 8 [Kalista](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kalista/) 596 games 47.3% - 9 [Sivir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sivir/) 783 games 47.5% - 10 [Xayah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xayah/) 967 games 47.8% - 11 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 825 games 48.0% - 12 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 1,066 games 48.3% - 13 [Caitlyn](https://baronbuff.com/champions/caitlyn/) 3,980 games 48.4% - 14 [Kai'Sa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kaisa/) 3,779 games 48.8% ## Best lane counters vs Smolder Largest gold lead over Smolder at 15 minutes in Bot. - 1 [Draven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/draven/) 247 games +1,519 - 2 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 120 games +1,071 - 3 [Samira](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/) 506 games +765 - 4 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 457 games +666 - 5 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 116 games +641 - 6 [Miss Fortune](https://baronbuff.com/champions/missfortune/) 1,395 games +593 - 7 [Jhin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jhin/) 1,343 games +578 - 8 [Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/) 344 games +545 - 9 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 508 games +537 - 10 [Sivir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sivir/) 319 games +513 - 11 [Corki](https://baronbuff.com/champions/corki/) 134 games +455 - 12 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 116 games +454 - 13 [Xayah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xayah/) 284 games +448 - 14 [Kai'Sa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kaisa/) 985 games +422 - 15 [Ezreal](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/) 1,182 games +400 ## How to play against Smolder Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Punish early last-hit windows before his Q scaling gives him safe wave control. - Crash waves after he spends spells on minions so he cannot farm freely under no pressure. - Force rotations and objectives while he is catching waves; giving him quiet side-lane farm accelerates his scaling. - Avoid low-tempo chases when he is fed nearby; ping retreats and take the guaranteed wave or tower instead. - Engage decisively before he stacks repeated Q hits in a front-to-back fight. ## Where Smolder is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Smolder is punishable before his stacks mature because his damage starts modest and he needs safe farming time. - Smolder's self-peel is limited to one reposition, so coordinated dives can reach him after it is forced. ## Smolder counters: questions ### Who counters Smolder in Bot? At Gold+, Veigar (56.4%), Twitch (53.5%) and Zeri (53.2%) have the highest win rates against Smolder. ### Who does Smolder counter? Smolder wins most often against Corki (44.0%), Mel (44.8%) and Samira (46.3%). ### Who wins lane against Smolder? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Draven (+1,519), Mel (+1,071) and Samira (+765) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Smolder. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Bot Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/adc/) - [Draven counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/draven/counters/) - [Mel counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)