Smolder/Trivia

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Development

Smolder is voiced by Georgie Cordova Kidder.^[1]
- Smolder's Japanese voice actor is Makoto Koichi.^[2]
Smolder's placeholder model in development was a recolored Monarch Kog'Maw.^[3]
Smolder's codenames in development were BabyDragon and Young Dragon, abbreviated as YD.^[3]^[4]
- Because "YD" sounded like a rapper's name, a member of his development team wrote several rap verses for him and his concept artist, Oussama 'Whiteleyth' Agazzoum, drew him an album cover illustration.^[5]
A scrapped version of Smolder involved him being the son of the current elemental rift dragon and gaining unique bonuses on Super Scorcher Breath per dragon. If it were an Infernal Rift, it would explode; if it were an Ocean Rift, it would slow; and if it were a Chemtech Rift, it would apply a poison.^[6]
- This was scrapped due to being too demanding on the art teams as well as being too random.
The dogs of various Rioters were sampled for Smolder's sound effects.^[7]
- Rob 'KingCobra' Rosa's dog, Hagen, was used for his auto-attacks and Achooo!.
- Daniel 'KDan' Kim's dog, Simba, was used for his emotes and Flap, Flap, Flap.

Vol Visperi-Desinvei, the pact that bound Grandmother Viper's brood to the royal family of Camavor, roughly translates to "will of (old slur for dragons) and (old slur for humans)".^[8]
Smolder is bilingual, able to speak both draconic and human languages. His mother primarily speaks with him in draconic in order for him to not lose touch with his cultural ancestry.^[9]
- This was based on Kristina 'Goblin' Atanasoski's experience of not growing up bilingual and not being able to connect with her father on a level he'd be more comfortable communicating in.^[10]^[11]

Smolder is one of 15 champions that have an ability that infinitely stacks an effect: Aurelion Sol, Bard, Bel'Veth, Cho'Gath, Draven, Kindred, Nasus, Senna, Shyvana, Sion, Smolder, Swain, Sylas, Thresh, and Veigar.
- In Smolder's case, Dragon Practice stacks gained through Dragon Practice permanently increase the bonus damage of his basic abilities, Flap, Flap, Flap's bolt amount, and Super Scorcher Breath's bolt amount and burn damage as it upgrades.
Smolder's dance emote references a popular meme of the character Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon series being depicted dancing.^[12]

Smolder's mom's roars are intelligible in draconic with certain translations provided by her writer, Kristina 'Goblin' Atanasoski.^[13]
He refers to the Kingdom of Camavor as Camaroar intentionally. This is most likely an artistic choice due to Camavor largely being influenced by dragons.
Smolder's mom's voice is a digital mix of various real animal voices. Certain sound effects for Smolder also incorporate some of these sounds.^[14]
▶️ "Dumb bullfrog!" is Smolder's way of expressing frustration, like swearing.
▶️ "Have no fear, Smolder is near!" is a take on the cliché pop media catchphrase "Have no fear, (X character) is here!"
▶️ "Well, my mom works for Riot, and she's gonna ban you." breaks the fourth wall. It has a 1% chance of triggering when using his Taunt emote.
▶️ ▶️ ▶️ -"Mom. Mom. Mooom!" -(Mom roars.) -"Hi!" is likely a reference to Family Guy.^[15]
For every time Super Scorcher Breath's execution sound effect triggers within approximately 5 seconds of the last, its pitch will be lower.

Heavenscale Smolder
Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Catseye, Lustrous, Obsidian, Pearl, Peridot, Ruby, Turquoise