ADC Smurf Tier List Season 16: The Hard Carry Guide
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January 23, 2026Mid Lane Smurf Tier List Season 16: The 1v9 Carry Guide
Mid Lane is Main Character Energy.
Welcome to Mid Lane, the center of the universe. In low elo, the map revolves around you. You are the playmaker. You are the carry. If you lose lane, the game is hard. If you win lane, you can influence Top, Bot, and Jungle simultaneously.
To smurf in Mid, you need champions with resets and roaming power. We aren't playing Viktor to scale for 40 minutes. We are playing Katarina to get a Pentakill at the Dragon pit at 15 minutes. This tier list is for players who want to end games fast.
S-Tier: The Pentakillers
Katarina
The Sinister Blade
Teamfight Reset 10/10
Mobility 10/10
Difficulty 9/10
Why She Is God Tier
Katarina is the most volatile champion in League of Legends. A bad Kat is 0/10 at 15 minutes. A smurf Kat gets a pentakill at the dragon fight and the enemy team ff's. Her passive (Voracity) resets ALL her basic ability cooldowns on champion takedowns. One kill = full combo again. Two kills = you're already on the third target. Watch any Katevolved clip and you'll see what I mean.
She ignores laning fundamentals. You don't need to freeze. You don't need to manage waves. You just shove and roam Bot lane. A double kill Bot lane is worth more than 2 wave of minions.
🩸 The "Roam Bot" Timer
At Level 6, push your wave. Walk into the river. Check Bot lane. Are they past the river? Yes? Go kill them. Ignore your own lane. Mid lane tower HP doesn't matter. You are farming champions, not minions.
Sylas
The Unshackled
Sustain 10/10
Versatility 10/10
Why He Is God Tier
Sylas is the ultimate 1v2 champion. His W (Kingslayer) heals him for a massive chunk of HP when he's low. In low elo, people don't buy anti-heal early. You can bait them into fighting you when you are at 20% HP, then press W and win the fight instantly.
His R (Hijack) allows him to adapt to any game. Need engagement? Steal Malphite ult. Need global presence? Steal Twisted Fate ult. He uses enemy ultimates better than they do because of his high AP scaling.
♻️ The "W" Bait
Never use W at full HP. Fight until you are below 40%. The enemy will commit flash to kill you. THAT is when you W. The massive heal + damage swing demoralizes them. You win the mental game and the physical game.
Yone
The Unforgotten
Safety 10/10
Scaling 10/10
Why He Is God Tier
Yone is Yasuo 2.0, but safer. His E (Soul Unbound) is a "get out of jail free" card. You can dive a tower, kill the enemy, miss half your spells, and snap back to safety. It removes the risk from assassin gameplay.
He deals mixed damage (AD + Magic), so tanks can't itemize against him easily. Once you have Berserker's Greaves and BORK, you can 100-0 any squishy target with a simple E -> Q3 -> R combo. Dzukill makes it look like a rhythm game.
👻 The Safe Dive
Stack Q3 on minions. Press E outside tower range. Dash in with Q3 (knockup). Press R (knockup). Auto-attack -> W -> Auto. Snap back E. You just dealt 1500 damage and took 0 tower shots.
A-Tier: The Assassins
Zed
The Shadow Master
The classic smurf champion. Amazing lane safety with W range. Once Level 6, you kill your opponent on cooldown. Requires good mechanics to navigate late-game teamfights.
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Akali
The Rogue Assassin
Incredible mobility and stealth with W (Shroud). Can tower dive better than almost anyone since she drops turret aggro. A fed Akali creates zero-counterplay situations for ADCs.
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Yasuo
The Unforgiven
Lower on the list because he lacks an escape, but his Windwall (W) makes him immune to ranged mid laners. Infinite dashing allows for high outplay potential if you have the hands.
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B-Tier: The One-Shotters
Fizz
The Tidal Trickster
E (Playful/Trickster) is untouchable. Fish (R) hitboxes turn blind players into snipers. Extremely annoying and effective at tilting enemies, but waveclear is poor.
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Talon
The Blade's Shadow
Best roamer in the game. You don't play Mid; you play "kill the enemy jungler." Hop walls and be everywhere at once. Simple but predictable.
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LeBlanc
The Deceiver
High skill ceiling. Can delete someone and blink back before they blink. Good for setting up ganks with chain (E), but harder to 1v9 solo carry with if game drags on.
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The Smurf Mid Lane Manifesto
Rule #1: Ignore Your Tower
Your tower will probably fall. Who cares? If you roamed Bot and got 4 kills, you possess more gold than the enemy Mid who took 3 plates. Gold on a carry >> Structure HP.
Rule #2: Buy Dark Seal
Always buy Dark Seal on your first back. If you are smurfing, you shouldn't be dying. A stacked Mejai's is the most gold-efficient item in the game. It forces you to play smarter too.
Rule #3: Tilt the Enemy
Camp one person. If the enemy Bot lane has no flash, go there 3 times in a row. Make them type in All Chat. When the enemy team starts fighting each other, the game is won.
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