Best Champions to Smurf With in Season 16 (The Ultimate 1v9 List)

Let’s be real for a second and cut the corporate fluff. You didn't buy a cheap Level 30 unranked smurf account because you want to practice your CSing under tower or learn the nuances of wave management. You bought it because you want to blow off steam. You want to pick a champion, walk into lane, and absolutely dismantle your opponent so hard that they question why they even queued up for Ranked today.

I haven't been 'hardstuck' in years, but I've played enough games in Gold and Platinum on fresh MMR accounts to know exactly how the ecosystem works down there. In Master tier, players respect fog of war. In Silver? Fog of war is just a suggestion. Players will facecheck a bush when the entire enemy team is missing just because there's a scuttle crab there.

To properly carry low Elo games in Season 16, you can't just pick "good" champions. You need to pick unethical champions. You need picks that punish mistakes instantly, reset after kills, and tilt the enemy team off the face of the earth.

Here is my breakdown of the absolute best 1v9 champions to smurf with by role.

Top Lane: The Island Killers

Top lane is personal. If you're better than your opponent, you don't just win; you make them unable to play the game.

1. Darius (The "Lane Kingdom")

If you want to make the enemy top laner rage quit at 5 minutes, you pick Darius. Low Elo players do not respect his E range or his passive stacks.

• The Strat: Zone them off XP level 1. If they walk up for a caster minion, kill them. Once you take the tower, just walk into the enemy jungle and kill their jungler too. By 15 minutes, you can 1v2 anyone who tries to stop your split push.

2. Riven (The "Mechanics Check")

Riven is the ultimate "I am better than you" champion. On a smurf, her high skill ceiling becomes a weapon.

• The Strat: You can animation-cancel; they can't. Abuse your cooldowns to take short trades that they literally cannot respond to. Once you're fed, you don't even need Flash to engage—just Q-hop walls and delete their backline.

3. Camille (The Roaming Duelist)

Why stay top when you can kill everyone? Camille isn't just a duelist; she's a terrifying ganker.

• The Strat: Solo kill your laner, then look Mid. Your hookshot (E) is basically a free kill on the enemy mid laner who is overextended. Plus, her ultimate (The Hextech Ultimatum) locks down that slippery Ezreal or LeBlanc so they can't run away from their inevitable death.

Jungle: The Map Dictators

As a smurf jungler, your job isn't to facilitate your team—it's to eat the enemy team's resources until they starve.

1. master Yi (The Stat-Check King)

Games in low Elo drag on forever because teams don't know how to end. This makes Master Yi a ticking time bomb.

• The Strat: Power farm. Ignore your crying teammates. Once you have two items, you just run at people. If they miss their CC (and they will), you get a Pentakill. It’s that simple.

2. Blue Kayn (The Tempo Demon)

Blue Kayn is the fastest champion on the map. You can be everywhere at once, taking camps and killing lanes before the enemy jungler even finishes their Red buff.

• The Strat: Fly through walls. One-shot the ADC. Disappear. Repeat until they are too scared to leave their base.

3. Evelynn (Psychological Warfare)

Low Elo players do not buy Control Wards. Evelynn abuses this fact to turn the game into a horror movie.

• The Strat: Hit level 6 and feast. The moment the "charm" heart appears over their head, they flash in panic. Doesn't matter. You’re already there.

Mid Lane: The Roaming Assassins

Mid lane is the heart of the map. If you win Mid, you can influence every other lane instantly.

1. Katarina (The Reset Queen)

Katarina thrives on chaos. A random dragon fight isn't a danger; it's a triple kill waiting to happen.

• The Strat: Shove lane and roam Bot. Even if you're down 20 CS, a double kill on the enemy bot lane is worth way more. Once you get going, you just smash your face on the keyboard and collect resets.

2. Talon (The Parkour Master)

First Blood King. Talon has one of the strongest Level 2 all-ins in the game.

• The Strat: Kill your laner at level 2. Then, abuse your E to jump over walls and kill the enemy jungler at his own buffs. You are untrackable.

3. Sylas (The Hijacker)

Enemies in Gold love picking Amumu, Malphite, and Ashe. They don't realize they are just giving YOU those ultimates to use better than they can.

• The Strat: Steal the big teamfight ult. Engage. Out-sustain them with your W. Sylas allows you to 1v9 skirmishes that no other champion can survive.

ADC: The Snowballers

Usually, ADC is dependent on Support. Not these champs. These champs treat the support like a ward holder.

1. Samira (The Pentakill Button)

Samira isn't an ADC; she's an assassin with a gun. She cleans up fights better than almost anyone.

• The Strat: Wait for the enemy to blow their CC, then dash in. Reset, dash again. Press R and watch everything die.

2. Twitch (The Rat)

Stealth is broken in low Elo.

• The Strat: Walk up to people invisible. They won't react until you open fire. By the time they realize you're there, they're dead. Also, "Spacegliding" on a smurf is the most satisfying feeling in League.

3. Draven (The Cash-Out)

If you are confident in your mechanics, Draven generates more gold than anyone else.

• The Strat: Play aggressive. Dive towers. Force 2v3s. You want to cash out that passive. One kill can buy you a B.F. Sword instantly, and then the lane is over.

Support: The "I'm The Carry Now"

Autofilled support? Don't trust your ADC? Pick these.

1. Pyke (The Finisher)

Pyke generates gold for himself and his team. He's arguably the best solo-carry support in the game.

• The Strat: Rush Mobility Boots. Leave your ADC (they'll be fine... probably). Roam Mid. Invade Jungle. Be a second Jungler who executes people.

2. Xerath (The Artillery)

"Support" just means you don't farm minions. It doesn't mean you can't deal the most damage in the game.

• The Strat: buying wards? Nah, buy Luden's. Poke them until they have to recall or die. If your ADC misses a kill, just ult and take it yourself.

3. Lux (The Lazor)

Similar to Xerath, but with a shield so you can pretend you're helping.

• The Strat: Land a binding (Q). Press R. Delete the enemy ADC from 1000 range away. "Secure" the kills. Carry the game.

Final Thoughts

Smurfing isn't about playing perfect League of Legends. It's about playing fast and punishing. You win by being more aggressive than they can handle.

Pick a champion from this list. Mute the chat. Be the main character.

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Good luck on the rift. (Or just "Good luck" to the enemy team, they're gonna need it).