Smolder has been soaring over League of Legends<\/em>\u2019 Summoner\u2019s Rift for little over a month now, and he\u2019s already on track to becoming one of the most hated champions.<\/p>
League <\/em>Patch 14.5<\/a> introduced a ton of changes to Smolder<\/a>. Even though Riot Games intended these tweaks to be small nerfs, the changes will actually help this small dragon to become more oppressive in the mid-to-late-game. The devs tinkered with all abilities except Achooo! (W). Their idea was to preserve the option for players to lean into tankier builds while making the trade-off more prominent, as a tankier Smolder will deal less damage.<\/p>
Fans are already sick and tired of seeing Smolder<\/a> in their solo queue games, and for good reasons. First of all, Smolder can safely farm from a distance and scale using his Super Scorcher Breath and Achooo!. Even if his enemies get their hands on him, he can just flap his wings and fly away. <\/p>
All things considered, Smolder will surely dominate League<\/em><\/a> <\/em>for another two weeks (or more), and in my opinion, his pick and ban rate will go up even more. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
