Best Smolder Runes Guide for Bot Lane - Patch 15.4

Best Smolder Runes Guide for Bot Lane - Patch 15.4

By Marcus Chen

February 21, 2025 at 07:50 AM

Fleet Footwork provides Smolder optimal sustain and mobility in the bot lane, maintaining a 48.6% win rate in patch 15.4.

Primary Runes (Precision):

  • Fleet Footwork
  • Presence of Mind
  • Legend: Haste
  • Coup de Grace

Secondary Runes (Sorcery):

  • Transcendence
  • Gathering Storm

Strong Matchups:

  • Samira (56.9% WR)
  • Kalista (55.8% WR)
  • Tristana (54.3% WR)
  • Kai'Sa (54.3% WR)
  • Viktor (53.8% WR)
  • Sivir (52.3% WR)

Weak Matchups:

  • Kog'Maw (28.6% WR)
  • Yasuo (35.3% WR)
  • Nilah (35.6% WR)
  • Corki (40.3% WR)
  • Jinx (41.6% WR)
  • Swain (41.7% WR)

Best Support Synergy:

  • Nami (53.5% WR)

Key Tips:

  1. Use W carefully when enemy CC abilities are available
  2. Secure level 2 advantage for early trading potential
  3. Take E at level 2 for all-in opportunities
  4. Maximize passive stacks by maintaining consistent attacks on enemies
  5. Focus on Q upgrades early game

Champion Difficulty: Average to Hard

These statistics are based on 1,247 analyzed matches.

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