Smolder
The mechanic
Smolder needs a large number of stacks before his damage matters. A stack comes from any ability hitting a champion or from a minion killed with his Q, so farming provides most of them, with breakpoints at 25, 125 and 225.
Why it needs saying
A stacking champion asks four other players for patience. Telling them why beats eating a surrender vote at fifteen.
When you play them
When an ally plays them
- team chat
what you type
smolder needs time dont ff
in full english
Smolder needs time, don't surrender yet.
the context
"Yet" softens it: you are not saying never, you are saying not now. That is the difference between a line people listen to and one they ignore.
When an enemy plays them
- team chat
what you type
end before smolder 225 stacks
in full english
End the game before Smolder reaches 225 stacks.
the context
At 225 stacks his spells burn with true damage and execute below 6.5% health. A Smolder left to farm becomes the strongest carry on the map: the clock is your enemy.