
The damage over time does not start ticking until after 0. 25 seconds and applies its damage over 3 ticks. Smiting an enemy champion will draw the aggro of nearby minions, just like most single target attacks or abilities.Chilling Smite will not grant bonus movement speed if the slow was not applied.Chilling Smite and Challenging Smite are fully negated by spell shield and the debuffs they apply can be removed by Cleanse.The recharge cooldown of this spell can be reduced by summoner spell haste.Smite starts with one charge on a 15-second cooldown and gains an additional charge every 90 seconds starting from 1:30, with a maximum of 2 charges.

Smite has no cast time and can be cast during the cast times and channels of other abilities.Smite heals Hecarim while his Spirit of Dread is activated.It's also a very effective counter to Shaco's boxes. Smite can target pets, such as Tibbers, Malzahar's Voidlings, and Zac's bloblets.Smite deals true damage, so it will always deal the stated amount it cannot be reduced or amplified in any way other than a few exceptions, such as the damage bonus from Prowler's Claw.An unconventional use of Smite is to instantly and unexpectedly kill a minion to land skillshots such as Rocket Grab or Death Sentence on enemy champions behind it.When doing so, it's generally best to save Smite for siege minions.

Smite can also be used to push a lane more quickly.Beyond dramatically speeding up clear time, its high damage provides a strategic last-hit advantage at high-priority buffs like Dragon and Baron Nashor.
HOW TO UPDATE SMITE FASTER UPGRADE
The following items upgrade Smite after being cast 5 times by granting additional effects: It is required to buy Emberknife and Hailblade. Smite is a unit-targeted summoner spell, it deals true damage to the target large or medium monster, enemy minion, or pet and heals you when cast on large monsters.
