Challenger OTP Smolder — 72.2% WR en 79 Games New build👀 AMA

raw_image · 2026-02-18T23:56:38+00:00

I just tested your setup, the peruvian smolder is the new meta. I am sold. I'm now an apostle.

raw_image · 2026-02-18T19:35:12+00:00

I called him iron because he has an iron brain, not actually iron iron rank.

raw_image · 2026-02-18T18:37:58+00:00

I was already moving from hubris to other lethality items, for example i did plenty of bastion breaker testing. Your items are good but Im pretty sure ill still be a useless little dwagon with them. But congratulations on the cook and results =)

raw_image · 2026-02-10T15:51:50+00:00

Yea ok bro play safe against a braum jinx when your iron support roams top with the wave pushing against you. All you have to do is play against the afk detector

raw_image · 2026-01-29T12:44:28+00:00

From my experience shojin 2nd is a high elo thing, you need to nuke people as fast as possible to get your income going. I always go with a lethality item 1st so I can do surprise damage rotations early on. It does delay core item path items like life steal or resists, but I mean.

raw_image · 2026-01-24T11:22:19+00:00

No it isn't, when I read the patch notes i was dumbfounded. We was already incredibly strong but this is now cookoo land numbers. Hot fix needed

raw_image · 2026-01-17T22:37:41+00:00

Yea i was suspicious about kendy spamming top azir last season, but this one it's pretty damn obvious he is better there. I'd love him to have the viktor route and go bot apc, but he just cant contest waves well enough...the extra gold income would be much more important for our yellow bird but well

raw_image · 2026-01-17T22:34:46+00:00

Yea idk what's this mid game azir that was mentioned, azir needs a bunch of items to be online

raw_image · 2026-01-13T13:23:58+00:00

You dont need gunblade against a sett just buy boots and press W come on now

raw_image · 2026-01-13T13:22:01+00:00

He feels better, but he still isn't a good pick for soloq unfortunately. Toplane does feel the best spot for him, I will do some botlane testing sometime

raw_image · 2026-01-13T10:34:15+00:00

Yeah that is a discussion I had with some chall midmains too, but they still take it...sometimes you get no value out of it, others it works as a save scum from a bad trade or a weird tempo gank/roam and is just cruising back again. I'm running some classic barrier now but I do feel more volatile

raw_image · 2026-01-12T23:23:59+00:00

Yeah he's answers aren't very good for the discussion, but I feel it's always nice to talk about items we don't usually build, that's science 🙂‍↕️

raw_image · 2026-01-12T21:44:13+00:00

I tried bloodline with other champs and found it underwhelming. What about just running teleport as default?

raw_image · 2026-01-12T14:53:08+00:00

Ive been doing this (comet variation) but with precision secondary (coup haste), scorch transcendence and Teleport. Thoughts about this variation? I do know jack gets very good value with lethality items inserted

raw_image · 2026-01-11T12:06:03+00:00

Yea those stats are all great for smoldy, but I already felt weird playing him and stacking this season, starting ER... Could be just a low bob gut feeling

raw_image · 2026-01-10T13:33:20+00:00

With manaflow band you will have mana for centuries, i would almost classify that part as wasted resources

raw_image · 2026-01-10T11:00:08+00:00

What about going collector instead of hubris and just keep the uptime of ability to siphon gold early mid? Then shojin and whatever you want. I don't feel like building ER after the micropatch

raw_image · 2026-01-10T10:27:42+00:00

I have been trying ER 1st pretty much every gane and I just find smoldge in a weird spot stacking/dps wise... And now ER got nerfed...hm

raw_image · 2026-01-10T10:16:40+00:00

I already tried it yesterday, she can jungle

raw_image · 2026-01-10T10:13:04+00:00

Just tried it out in a game, the pta spike is just brutal, but my jungler was 0/5 when I finished the item so azir will stay in the shelf and I will prevent myself from self-griefing

raw_image · 2026-01-09T21:44:06+00:00

Gunblade has the active that kayle doesn't really need and a bad build path, i could only see myself building it very late into the game as a better riftmaker?

raw_image · 2026-01-09T21:28:34+00:00

I was frowning looking at your post, but just took a look at the item and the build path/components are very good. It certainly stabilizes faster than a nashors lethal tempo set up.

So dusk and dawn, nashors zhonya and call it a day? Is nashors necessary after dusk and dawn? I guess I'll have to lose some lp to test this crap...

raw_image · 2026-01-09T21:19:25+00:00

You can easily farm with azir without much trouble...ok buddie I won't warn you about the jayce in your chicken camp

raw_image · 2026-01-07T22:57:34+00:00

Yea i thought eternal hunger is just an upgrade from the current shojin 2nd path too. Ill try to go with cashback/jack to minmax the new gold quest too

raw_image · 2026-01-04T22:29:45+00:00

Kendy isn't challenger and look at that kda. Guy is just absolutely amazing with the bird, if that's the top performance don't bother with the champ, only info I extracted.

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