League of Legends: Complete Guide to Smolder Champion Trivia
Smolder combines the charm of a baby dragon with unique gameplay mechanics. Here's everything you need to know about this League of Legends champion's development and lore.
Development Details
- Voiced by Georgie Cordova Kidder (English) and Makoto Koichi (Japanese)
- Originally codenamed "BabyDragon" and "YD" (Young Dragon)
- Initial placeholder model was a recolored Monarch Kog'Maw
- Sound effects include samples from Riot employees' dogs, particularly for auto-attacks and abilities
Gameplay Features
- One of 15 champions with infinite stacking abilities
- Dragon Practice permanently increases:
- Basic ability bonus damage
- Flap, Flap, Flap bolt amount
- Super Scorcher Breath bolt amount and burn damage
Lore and Character
- Bilingual in both draconic and human languages
- His mother speaks primarily in draconic to preserve cultural heritage
- Refers to the Kingdom of Camavor as "Camaroar" due to its dragon influence
- Vol Visperi-Desinvei: The ancient pact binding dragons to Camavor's royal family
Notable Features
- Dance emote references the popular "Dancing Toothless" meme
- Mother's roars contain actual draconic language translations
- Has a rare (1%) fourth-wall-breaking taunt: "Well, my mom works for Riot, and she's gonna ban you"
- Super Scorcher Breath's execution sound decreases in pitch with repeated uses within 5 seconds
Early Concepts A scrapped version featured unique bonuses based on elemental rift dragons:
- Infernal Rift: Explosion effect
- Ocean Rift: Slowing effect
- Chemtech Rift: Poison effect (Removed due to art team constraints and excessive randomness)
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