How to win lane as Smolder against Miss Fortune · 52.72% win rate over 5,425 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even before MF's poke pattern establishes lane control. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays skill-based with no committal all-in from either side. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 remains close though MF's Double Up starts out-poking you. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay a coin-flip decided by whether you dodge her Q bounces. |
| Level 6 | Miss Fortune | At 6 MF's Bullet Time plus support CC gives her a zoning all-in your thin stacks can't answer. |
| First item | Miss Fortune | At one item MF's poke build sieges you off the wave before your stacks compound. |
| Two+ items | Smolder | With two-plus items your execute Q and kiting out-scale MF's stationary channel and flip the lane. |
Levels 1-4 are skill-based but Miss Fortune is the natural lane bully with Double Up poke; you're stacking, so dodge her Q bounce by minion positioning and only step to last-hit. Don't trade into her poke, scale.
The full Smolder vs Miss Fortune report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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