Smolder Matchups

Hard Counters

Draven★★★

Draven all-in pressure punishes your weak early game before you can stack your passive.

Lucian★★★

Lucian aggressive trades and burst pattern overwhelm your low base damage in the early levels.

Tristana★★★

Tristana all-in at level two or three can kill you before you have enough stacks to fight back.

Favorable Matchups

Ezreal

Ezreal safe playstyle lets you farm stacks freely and you outscale him once you hit your stack thresholds.

Sivir

Sivir cannot punish your farming and you outscale her with your stacking mechanic in late-game teamfights.

Ziggs

Ziggs poke is manageable with sustain and you outscale his waveclear with your stacked Q executions.

General Laning Tips

• 1.Focus on stacking your passive by hitting champions with Q to reach your power spike thresholds.
• 2.Play safe early because your damage scales dramatically once you hit 25, 125, and 225 stacks.
• 3.Use ultimate to deal execute damage in teamfights and snipe enemies across the map at high stacks.