Smolder vs Miss Fortune
You are stronger late game. Farm safe and avoid early trades.
Build vs Miss Fortune
The champion's reference build, for lack of enough games in this matchup
Recommended items for Smolder: Essence Reaver, Black Cleaver, Spear of Shojin, Gluttonous Greaves, Rapid Firecannon, Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, Guardian Angel.
Starting items
Core build
Standard
Summoner spells
Anti CC
Other options
Power Spikes
Strength by game phase
Miss Fortune's abilities
Passive, spells and ultimate
Miss Fortune deals bonus physical damage whenever she basic attacks a new target.
Cooldowns
Cooldowns by spell rank
| Level | Q | W | E | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 7s | 12s | 18s | – |
| 6 | 5s | 12s | 18s | 2m |
| 9 | 3s | 12s | 18s | 2m |
| 11 | 3s | 12s | 18s | 1m50 |
| 16 | 3s | 12s | 16s | 1m40 |
| 18 | 3s | 12s | 14s | 1m40 |
Playing as Smolder
Tips to maximize your impact
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Take flight to escape
Escape or reposition with Flap, Flap, Flap (E): you fly over obstacles, bombarding the enemy with the lowest health.
- 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 Miss Fortune
How to counter and exploit weaknesses
- Don't stand behind low minions
Don't stay behind a low-health minion: if Double Up (Q) kills it, the bounce that hits you always crits.
- Cut her speed with a small hit
Hit her regularly, even with a small hit: Strut (W) only grants her passive move speed after a few seconds without taking damage.
- Go in if you can
If you can engage, get on top of her: Miss Fortune has no dash or leap, only the speed from Strut (W).
- Interrupt her Bullet Time
If you have CC, save it for Bullet Time (R): she channels in place, and interrupting her cancels the remaining waves.
Other Smolder matchups
Patch 16.21.1