How to win lane as Samira against Smolder · 51.5% win rate over 3,662 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Samira | Level 1 you bully a Smolder who is at his weakest before any Q stacks exist. |
| Level 2 | Samira | At 2 your combo point wins every trade against his farm-focused early kit. |
| Level 3 | Samira | By 3 your E dash and passive out-duel him long before he scales. |
| Levels 4-5 | Samira | Through 4-5 you deny stacks and snowball while he is still fragile. |
| Level 6 | Samira | Your level 6 Inferno Trigger kills him before his ult ever becomes a threat. |
| First item | Samira | At one item your crit spike still lands ahead of his stacking breakpoints. |
| Two+ items | Smolder | Two items in, Smolder's fully stacked Q and R Mother! out-range and out-damage you. |
Smolder starts as one of the weakest laners in the game because his Q needs stacks to scale, so at 1-2 you can walk him down behind minions and start punishing every step he takes to farm; there is no burst or poke threat from him yet, only a small dash on E.
The full Samira vs Smolder report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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