Smolder vs Aurelion Sol

Smolder
vs
35.5%

over 31 games

Aurelion Sol

Hard matchup

Heavy AP damageSustained DPSHigh burstHeavy poke

You are stronger late game. Farm safe and avoid early trades.

Build vs Aurelion Sol

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Smolder: Essence Reaver, Black Cleaver, Rapid Firecannon, Ionian Boots of Lucidity, Infinity Edge, Spear of Shojin, Lord Dominik's Regards, Guardian Angel.

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Health Potion

Core build

Essence Reaver
1
Black Cleaver
2
Rapid Firecannon
3

Standard

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
4CDR
Infinity Edge
5

Summoner spells

FlashTeleport64%
FlashBarrier15%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Infinity Edge
Spear of Shojin
Lord Dominik's Regards
Guardian Angel
Hubris
Executioner's Calling
Endless Hunger
60.0% WR5 games
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Adaptive ForceMove SpeedHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Aurelion Sol's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Cosmic Creator (P)

Aurelion Sol's damaging Abilities break down enemies into stacks of Stardust, which permanently improves each of his abilities.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
33s22s12s–
63s22s12s2m
93s20s12s2m
113s18s12s1m50
163s14s12s1m40
183s14s12s1m40

Playing as Smolder

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Last-hit minions with your fireball

    Last-hit minions with Super Scorcher Breath (Q): each kill with the spell gives you a Dragon Practice (passive) stack, which empowers your basic spells.

  2. Poke with your sneeze

    Poke with Achooo! (W): the sneeze slows, explodes on champions hit, and each champion hit gives you a Dragon Practice stack.

  3. Aim for the final tier

    Build enough stacks for the final tier of Super Scorcher Breath (Q): it burns its target, and kills a champion who drops below a health threshold.

  4. Take flight to escape

    Escape or reposition with Flap, Flap, Flap (E): you fly over obstacles, bombarding the enemy with the lowest health.

  5. Call your mom from far away

    Cast MMOOOMMMM! (R) to finish or slow from far away: the center of the breath hits harder and slows, and if it hits you, your mom heals you.

Playing against Aurelion Sol

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Stay behind your minions

    Stay behind your minions: Breath of Light (Q) hits the first enemy in its path, and only the seconds spent on a champion give him Stardust.

  2. Play hard early

    Play hard early and don't let the game drag on: with Cosmic Creator (passive), each of Aurelion Sol's abilities grows permanently stronger through Stardust.

  3. Get out of the black hole fast

    Leave Singularity (E) quickly: it pulls you toward its center, where it executes enemies below a health threshold, and each second inside gives him Stardust.

Patch 16.21.1