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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026

Smolder Draft Guide

Wild Rift pick, ban and counter-pick read — The Fiery Fledgling.

Safe blind pick. Smolder holds up before the enemy laner is known, so it can go first.

  • Blind safety84/100
  • Ban rank#115 of 142
  • Pick rank#66 of 142
  • Dragon standing#1 of 22
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Who breaks a blind Smolder

Any one of them in the enemy draft drops Smolder’s blind safety from 84 to 69; Smolder’s blind floor is 47.1%.

  • Graves

    Jungle · C tier · 50.3% win rate

  • Gwen

    Baron / Jungle · C tier · 46.3% win rate

  • Hecarim

    Jungle · C tier · 46.8% win rate

If the enemy locks Smolder

The assistant’s best answer in each lane Smolder plays, with Smolder entered as the enemy pick.

LaneBest pickBackupSafety
DragonKalistaSamira78/100
MidVel'KozRyze91/100

Drafting around Smolder

Smolder leaves the team’s damage balanced, so any damage type fits next. Best pick for each lane Smolder does not play:

LaneBest pickBackupSafety
BaronRyzeKayle86/100
JungleNidaleeWukong92/100
SupportVel'KozBard91/100

Where Smolder is the answer

Garen, Kai'Sa, Maokai

Names, titles, classes, difficulty and ability names are read off Riot's official Wild Rift site. Lanes are this site's filing; items and runes are Wild Rift's shop and rune tree; the derived sample itself was last built on patch 7.3b. Every rate is a derived sample — Riot publishes no Wild Rift API, and nothing on this page presents one as measured. Read 2026-10-18.

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