SMOLDER, THE COOLEST CHAMPION RIOT HAS EVER RELEASED! (HE'S SO BROKEN)

SMOLDER, THE COOLEST CHAMPION RIOT HAS EVER RELEASED! (HE'S SO BROKEN)
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[@johnsullivan9064]

I wish his color xhanged with the elemental dragon soul. Like imagine the color wave going out and as it touches him he changes. Thrn again they could make it a skin option.

[@JLogg444]

Riot specifically said that he wasn’t an elemental dragon like an Ixtali or like Shyvana. He’s a dragon from Camavor. So I don’t think that’ll ever happen. Maybe with an ultimate or legendary skin

[@johnsullivan9064]

@@JLogg444 That's what I was thinking tbh.

[@DjMikeyWasTaken]

that would be a pain for them to make because then they would have to make different forms for his skins as well

[@monkeybench]

Like Lux Element skin that has multiple options during a game? Or MF Assault Skin that you pick a form at the start of a game? They can do it. They have the ability to give him 3 palette changes on a base skin (not even a form change), they just won't...without money @@DjMikeyWasTaken

[@XN4GA]

Gaming drake

[@SURok695]

Zwag: "I am baby inferno dragon!" Also Zwag 20 minutes later: "I am baby elder dragon!"

[@magic7398]

My boy about to get a Monster Hunter crossover

[@MrBlind-kr4vq]

​@@magic7398 oooooi rathalos crossover event for elder dragon pls

[@lukdregon]

They grow up so fast 😢

[@Chromodar]

Imagine if execute range from Smolder passive and elder stacked so he'd end up being daddy elder dragon.

[@grzybobranie7765]

NPC ahh comment....LMAO

[@ReportedBacon]

13:39 “i think i got healed there, from my mom” that was so cute of Zwag

[@jadonsvd]

Pause

[@euomu]

​@@jadonsvd play

[@bifrostyeti]

@@jadonsvdthats not how pause work, especially not in this context. get your head out of the gutter

[@undawootah]

@@bifrostyeti Shut ur mouth... he said play.....

[@ryancoffey9910]

With that crazy q auto mechanic, you got to do a Titanic runnans build

[@MaddieM4]

Love when we get infinitely scaling champs who are dragons. They're literally scaley.

[@64bitUnity]

This deserves more upvotes!

[@Rezafeild]

In Legends of Runeterra, all the dragons are scaling.

[@B_and_K5223]

I wonder if going a regular corki build would be beneficial, his R does dmg over time so rav hydra could be amazing, or even a full lethality build could be cool

[@cocomartin5130]

hydra doesn't proc off abilities anymore

[@B_and_K5223]

@@cocomartin5130 oh well that’s kinda lame, but either way corki is still going to like aoe type items, which I think would suit smolder very well, especially for mom to come in and obliterate her enemy team

[@logmonty9061]

i actually wonder if an on hit build would work cause his q procs red buss so it does proc on hit and his e would do a lot more dmg if it procs on hit

[@B_and_K5223]

@@logmonty9061 true, going on hit with stuff like stormrazor nashors etc and having all of them proc all at once multiple times could be nuts

[@ZirixStrarstrider]

An hybrid build, ala Corki seems reasonable with this little fella.

[@skoooter2]

After 6 min in the game... WTF?! Veigar's stacking has only one weakness, passive play make stacks slowly, this champ can stack harder than anybody, and his kit scales with stacks!

[@L.D.Null00]

The only big thing about his stacks is the execute, the rest is actually underwhelming, especially the E,

[@KyzerGHD]

@@L.D.Null00I mean he's supposed to be an adc according to riot, but you know they love making champions that will somehow be better on other lanes (can't wait to fight this in top lane or even jungle)

[@dontcaredidntask404]

Are you crazy? It's literally the same as Veigar, you're only limited by ability haste for your q cooldown. Where tf did you get the idea he stacks harder than Veigar? At 30 minute game he had 300 stacks, veigar would have at least as much too.

[@qseit5140]

​@@dontcaredidntask404plus veigar get stacks for every skill hitting champs

[@Swordphobic]

@@qseit5140 And so does Smolder, read the description.

[@sharifelkomi]

The way Zwag said “Mom” 💀

[@RainRecoded]

Moam

[@iWhiskyx]

His R is his Mom spiting fire

[@islixxn]

he said moam@@iWhiskyx

[@andersonm.5157]

I think he doesn't need to build much damage items. He has a %maxHP true dmg on Q and flat damage scaling on all abilities. Maybe essence reaver as core item and some bruiser itens later?

[@trobtx3538]

yeah i feel like cleaver triforce into full bruiser youchie

[@janwilczynski6010]

Ok, let's see this closely. (there's a tl;dr at the bottom if you don't want to read too much) Crit items have the advantage of scaling up your Q and E damage through the crit chance stat, both its physical and magic portion. That damage scales up well through all Q evolutions and allows you to delete squishies by default - if tanks are a problem, you can build LDR without stacking up Q to its final "true damage" form, because you deal mostly physical damage anyway. And of course we have Essence Reaver and Quickblades, which both go really well with this drake: Sheen procs, solving mana problems, amping ability damage, tons of benefits. Bruiser items should work with abilities well - think about building Cleaver and Shojin for Haste and ability damage, that should do decent. The problems are mana management (Essence Reaver is somewhat still needed, otherwise you might need a Manamune if you want a different Sheen item) and lack of crit, which will cut down Q and E damage to, let's say, 70% of what you get from full crit build, making it less effective against squishies. The advantage is that after fully evolving Q you become a strong duelist (think of Fiora and Camille, true damage plus bonus Health equals winning all duels), and possibly you can make up in damage department by stacking really far. Also, building some HP makes you somewhat safer from being engaged on, because Smolder is otherwise made out of paper. So I'd say that crit is much more consistent, while going bruiser items means you aim more towards lategame and 1v1s. It's probably up to one's preference. I'd love to see a well crafted build which mixes both; Smolder would love items with both crit and HP, if there were any.

[@Infidel.]

He needs crit andsrson

[@cyberwolf1772]

Me finishing another zwag video and instantly the next one drops. Thank you for your daly uploads!

[@diredevil1]

The Smolder gives me older champ vibes(like old tristana with her E debuff), which I really love! Cant for all the wanky builds will come up with it, and as much people hate him for one reason or another I think Riot did great job with Smolder, really loving how he looks so far!

[@brianarsuaga5008]

The Q being treated "like an auto" I think was maybe letting you lifesteal off of all of it- the AOE and the mini explosions behind. Your Q was healing you a TON. The tooltip also says specifically that you can only get one stack per champion hit, which suggests that champions can GET hit more than once by a single Q. I'm curious about botrk on him. Essence reaver was good but manamune might also work if his Q spams hits. The E might also spam hits for on-hit. AP ratios look WAY too weak to be playable to me? Despite being an ADC, his Q is so central and spammable that it seems like he's meant to be played as an AD mage.

[@wave9377]

So he's ezreal then.

[@Sibolf]

i think you misread that, the tooltip says: "this ability can only damage each target one time per cast"

[@yaboislurp]

I wonder if something like kraken plus trinity wouldn’t be half bad

[@yff41]

3 seconds in the video I already want to main him from now

[@adknight1987]

You won’t…after like 2 weeks you’ll get bored…he’s too simple

[@sukiyu.g]

@@adknight1987nah u can say the same thing about countless other “simple champs’ but ppl will still main them…

[@icakiee3774]

​@@adknight1987 what if OPs a Garen main tho. U never know.

[@Dxguwu]

@@adknight1987simple but fun, like Millio even tho he's extremely weak now, especially in lower ranks, yet he's still super fun to play. Not all champions need to be complicated in order to be fun

[@marquisepixley684]

​@@adknight1987 you are wrong

[@pepitothefrogito7372]

Zwag forgetting to auto attack with the new adc be like.

[@justanotherwalnut]

I would say buff his E (apply on hit effects and/or increased duration) and nerf his Q a bit (less true damage smaller execute starting out) and he'll be fine.

[@bdizzle7072]

Yeah I'd agree. His Q seems overtuned (maybe just the passive and how it relates to it), his E is pretty much just mobility, W and Ult seem fine.

[@justxander1656]

​@@bdizzle7072yea I think it's more so his passive that makes his q need a nerf

[@M00N155]

Make him apply on hit, E would be broken. Make it longer, E would be broken. Look akshan E (the on hit damage) or zeri E(can go over walls)

[@Modesso]

Champ looks amazing and plays good, i like it. and i will like it more in AP as he get some nice ap scaling - specialy for ult + heal

[@mrosef007]

"He isekai'd into a tiny dragon but is secretly powerfull." Vibe.

[@omargoodman2999]

Oh, you mean _Tensei Shitara Dragon no Tamago Datta - Saikyou Igai Mezasa Nee?_ Yeah, I'm reading that one. It's pretty good.

[@woldas921]

@@omargoodman2999 Good recommendation, thanks for sauce b0ss

[@DeyonOttervenBur]

@@omargoodman2999 Gold.

[@K_Shawn_Webb]

i thought y'all were joking then i looked it up 💀

[@DeyonOttervenBur]

@@K_Shawn_Webb Wait... it is real.

[@Oblivinar]

"He plays like an adc which uses its abilities as well as its autos" Brilliant insight there Zwag 😂😂

[@allenmataro9357]

I see a bruiser toplane dominating the meta by himself with black cleaver rush.

[@Obsdragon]

Day 35 of asking for max MS Warwick, or max healing Warwick.

[@Alex-dh2cx]

MS WW sounds kind of fun, it's been like 2 years

[@ronbizo1661]

Sounds boring

[@canelitafacha7232]

I actually dig full mv Warwick, the distance of the ult scales with mv, escentially turning Warwick into a intercontinental missile.

[@Alex-dh2cx]

@@canelitafacha7232 fur missile ftw

[@vulpixfan1553]

I'm down, but we should do AP. mejais, lichbane, and cosmic. Jumpscare as bad as fiddlesticks.

[@hello_mr.yomi6627]

Can't wait for a Toys for Bob collaboration where they give smolder a Spyro the Dragon skin

[@quantumdot9921]

Finally, i can go to sleep with a relaxing Zwag vid. Thank you sir.

[@yarxul194]

You could also try a lethality build since his abilities deal physical damage.

[@chunkcurtis85]

He scales out of crit. Would be fun, but it’s a waste of his primary stat modifier.

[@kirga4914]

​@@chunkcurtis85his primary stat is physical damage, not crit; so saying it's a waste to not spec into it is just a false claim.

[@chunkcurtis85]

@@kirga4914you might want to reread. His kit scales off crit, so it’s a waste to build lethality items.

[@somewhathighlight2911]

Since he does percentage true dmg burn and execute does tanky/bruiser smolder works?

[@i_am_the_one8870]

Aatrox saying "Wtf was that execute" just made my day lol XD

[@dragoneye6229]

His E actually does a lot of damage if you can land all the hits. You should have done about half of a champs health or quarter alone. The problem is he can be stunned, knocked, displaced, dislodged, hummerdingered, schwacked, feared, incarcerated and even sneezed out of his E which makes the barrage stop.

[@wickedgaymer6998]

lmao incarcerated. But yea, I think it was supposed to be like 1300 when he mentioned E...which is essentially an adc haha

[@Zakaarus]

@@wickedgaymer6998tbh mordekaiser and Camille could have their CC officially called incarceration like lulu’s polymorph and no one would bat an eye lmaoo

[@shaolinmatadordeporco1519]

Damn i tought he was bad after seeing the design and the abilities video, but seeing someone actually playing him, he seems crazy fun to play. I think i'm gonna main him for some time now.

[@mastergenius111b9]

Seeing the ratios makes me think of building like corki to see the damage difference

[@nofurs]

I was gonna try him mid lane, too. Thx for the guide!

[@user-hx5vi1he4l]

Smolder looks like an amazing adc, i do wanna not really Main him but make him one of my Top adc's however i do think his Execute is way too strong, and the scaling should get cut in half. But they should Double the damage of his E or make the flight longer duration. TLDR, nerf Q execute and buff E

[@nickvanoort6403]

Top adc? As in playing him toplane? I suggest banning riven, jax, darius, garen, yorick, trundle, Tryndamere, ect... nvm don't take him toplane 😂 there are to many champions there that will obliterate him early game, can zone you off the wave and well... bully you out of lane😂 Mid or bot are viable, I suggest mid to benefit from the new void shrubs for stacking. As a toplaner, I would love to see him top and just all in him every time he walks into lane😂

[@islixxn]

until some korean top laner figures a new method of playing him top@@nickvanoort6403

[@kyleberts]

“Did Zwag get the first 6 CS?” No, he missed a melee minion Lose Streak: 6

[@alvaromaicas7039]

Hiiiiiiiiii kyleeeeeee happy new year🥳🥳🥳

[@codycastresana7506]

Keep up the Lord's work Kyle

[@kaeyasballleech]

The streak only grows.

[@kyleberts]

@@alvaromaicas7039 hi! Happy new year!

[@kyleberts]

@@codycastresana7506 🫡

[@OUR08OROS]

I was literally thinking what a new dragon champ would be/look like a few days before i saw a post on Smolder

[@hiddentruth1982]

That went from getting caught out to a full blown team fight quickly.

[@augustdruzgal475]

I want to see you do Karthus with the new ultimate ability cooldown reducing items and spam your ult with the burn damage to harass the enemy team

[@jammerst1]

What would happen if he uses E to fly along with his ult? Would that help him catch up with his mom and heal all the way?

[@michaelsorensen7567]

I'm wondering about full move speed and how far he could get in that 1.5 seconds

[@jammerst1]

@@michaelsorensen7567 Let’s see when Zwag tries this guy with AP build. That might be fun. 🤩

[@michaelsorensen7567]

@@jammerst1 it's up, btw, about halfway through watching it now!

[@iLuvHinata360]

21:54 Imagining Smolder as a baby elder dragon makes his walk animation all the cuter, like he is strutting :b

[@imreallynothappy]

For the record his E distance scales with movement speed, so depending on the scenario you can clear some insanely big walls.

[@TheAfker]

seeing that his ults called "MMMOOOOMM!!" is just making me hear the oneyplay clip of zach just screaming "mommey!"

[@DMRxKING]

Three item interactions I hope will work are runaans for q, Manamune and kraken slayer on the e if it counts as autos maybe even a rageblade

[@XCrack11]

If i get a collector... does the execute range summ up to the build in execute range?

[@Caiofoca]

Realizing that the character gets stacks from killing with Q and proceeding to still kill all the minions with autos is such a zwag move. 2:03

[@VizaeHD]

I usually don’t sub to people and when Zwag mentioned to sub I thought “I actually do really like this guys content imma sub” but I already was 😂

[@azraalaraalptekin1825]

Zwags' voice full with excitement omg i love it!

[@jorgecorrea2762]

Thanks for the gameplay

[@soulkev0535]

When I was wondering what his ult would be, I hoped it was going to be him transforming into his big inferno dragon form and have empowered abilities, but I guess these abilities also work but I am happy on how they made the character anyway.

[@vibe4543]

“Have I played this game zoomed in” hits blunt

[@jakeheez]

Zwag: *sees coup de grace* "cup the grass"

[@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli]

Now that you can buy Quickblades and Infinity Edge, does IE increase the Quickblades bonus?

[@itsgunf1ghter148]

Reminds me of Vainglory. Skaarf was an ADC/Mid.

[@Wayloen]

What settings is he running for his abilities. They're quick casting, but he's able to show and move the indicator around ? :o or is it a keybind of something ?

[@akisk_]

Nice gameplay Zwag,i really like Smolder!

[@Kurosaneuu]

zwag: "oh look where all my mana went, i have none!" also zwag the same second: sits on 3 bisquits

[@awny8520]

Does his Flap Flap Flap apply on hit effects? If so I feel like an on hit build would make his E much more dangerous.

[@arthurreede4478]

Does collector make the execute treshold lower or doesn't it work like that?

[@kelmirosue3251]

One detail I like about Smolder is when he says "Mom, mom, MOOOOM" her his mom roared, he giggles and laughs. Thats a reference to a family guy where Stewie did a similar thing ro Louise and she got frustrated

[@Arob4343]

Is the “+1 stack” new? I like it. Assume it goes for all scalers?

[@roycejacobson77]

Ludens with the upgraded q is going to be crazy 🔥

[@Strlz_Remtachi]

Smolder: I'm so hungry I could eat a bunch of gromps! Zwag: he.. eats gromps? Meanwhile: * Briar eating everything in the jungle *

[@hangman4011]

Does collector stack with his execute? So like would you have had a 16% execute at the end of that game instead?

[@shurikend]

how does the collector work with the execution? does it increase the threshold or is it overlapped and therefore useless?

[@ajuric4606]

do E attacks count as autos? If so, then having on hit items will make that build the best on him, with a bit of crit.

[@michaelsorensen7567]

Would like to see full raid boss, something like Titanic heartsteel, maybe with a rylai's for added slow and health.

[@snippedtiex]

I can see a liandrys build with him once you have the 225 stacks, like brand but with an execute

[@Arob4343]

I feel a new champ joining my pool. Dragon go rawr

[@kacperdz.3993]

I wonder if E autoattacks apply on hit effects like nashors or ruined King

[@CJL10398]

It’s so satisfying how his Q plays like GP Q (stacks instead of silver serpents) kinda like if Nasus Q and GP Q were combined.

[@havock6513]

The ward that warned about flying over the botside wall was too perfectly timed.

[@twist_of_death1188]

Already loving the new champ. Will definitely be buying him to play in ARAM if I get him, and norms. Also Zwag, what’s that song playing in the background during the 18 minute mark?

[@kennethsalido5785]

Are they going to collab with "How to train your dragon" or something? Love it 😆

[@austintinney]

I love the ad veigar its great :D

[@fenriraynnaynbatrin4076]

ZWAG! Can you try full ap blue card tf on the pbe with the new items and such? And recommend the best build for him. Also love the vid, like always keep up the good work and i think muramana looks good on him.

[@felixhoma9272]

Be proud Zwag you are strong

[@LovelyAiko]

That new big map about to be lit on my odysey monitor ultra wide 😂💀

[@AidanStewart9]

21:06 wow sundered sky is gonna be AMAZING for jarvan. I’ve been playing him lately but WOW excited for that

[@morganw74225]

New season is like a 4loco instantly killing a victorian child and I’m the victorian child

[@thebones6144]

Damn Spyro learned to throw some punches

[@poradcibrnodtest6437]

12:38 that little cute laugh

[@aliahmadi5220]

Always good content 👌 that was cool 😂

[@masonmanning8678]

Riot really said: ASOL BIG lets make a little asol

[@georgeauman1117]

that execute is insane

[@oily_doily]

Maybe you could go a build where you let the stacking do most of the work in top lane with the new Terminus item plus Jak'sho

[@colbypeacock4611]

i need to ask hopefully someone has this answer, does shyvanna get dragon hunter stacks for killing him, or is there ANY hidden passive

[@charchukk]

omg i love smolder i can’t wait to play him

[@ajfrancis6365]

The moment you hovered his passive i started getting Asol flashbacks- 😭😂

[@tylerbrooks8638]

Honestly looks like a hybrid build would work well on him

[@MiloThatch420]

Essence reaver + navori quick blades is 1000% what I would build. Makes the most sense for him imo. There is also an argument for on hit.. I’d be curious to see how that goes..

[@atilacirano5905]

*zooms out "was I zoomed all this time? that always happens because I'm zooming to see the map" *stays zoomed again hahahahha

[@dunkelgram3465]

Im looking forward to see him full lethality max haste and spam w. i think you can ignore the crit-scaling on e, its just for repositioning imo.

[@schancey55]

Pretty much built what I would have on him. His kit does scream AD crit spellweaver though I haven't really looked at the new ADC items yet

[@calebhickermell4492]

I'm thinking IE Quickblades Trinity? Maybe Darkharvest or Fleet so you can auto q and just make your Q do crazy dmg. The darkharvest plus execute, idk if getting a collector in there would just be over kill.

[@alexithymia6288]

You should build RFC and see if his Q has the same interaction that MF's does where it gives the Q increased range as if it were an auto. I think as far as damage goes, his W and E don't do a ton, but Q and R do quite a bit, feels like he plays similarly to MF but more mobile with the wall jumps. The execute just needs removed completely, keep the true damage %max burn but remove the execute lol

[@allace7855]

if u hold shift whole hovering over the items in ur inventory it’ll show how much dmg they do btw!

[@marcusandersen5748]

That character reminds me of the game ''Spyro'' aha

[@codyleeshirley355]

Bro how do I make it were I can zoom out more on my field of vision mine is way smaller than yours I tried changing the resolution and everything I have 200+ fps but the smallest field of vision ever it's nowhere near what yours is

[@saberpack8818]

You Q be chunkin' them, but never noticed the 1300 crit damage on the ult at the end

[@kenshi4296]

What about ap with nashors? Or full lethality ?

[@Lunarsolarecilpse]

Since you get stacks from jungle monsters could you turn him into a jg

[@fizzdoodle9666]

Hey Zwag! Can you try to play Smolder with a raidboss build similar to tank senna with grasp and heartsteel?

[@cinderacedr]

Never played this game but as a huge fan of dragons Smolder is getting me to play it!

[@rokasb9441]

Now we need big heartsteel smolder :D

[@paulotremba4688]

How did a baby dragon get ahold of precision guided munitions? also: can he be played support?