Any new player surge will be followed by a new player mass extinction event.

League has NEVER been super friendly to new players. When I was a wee lad I was building on lane in Twisted Treeline because Season 1 recommended items were special. But this Meta. This Meta takes all the cakes and defecates on them. This Meta will eat new players for breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner and supper.

Let us assume Riot sifts out the smurfs and new players get to level 30+ in the first place.

Recipe for frustration

With the current Meta any new player put in a game, even slightly tilted against them will inevitably;

1. Make a mistake, then get utterly destroyed early in lane.
2. Not understand why they got utterly destroyed.
3. Get flamed by team mates because they got utterly destroyed.
4. Returning to lane and get destroyed even harder.
5. Not have time to understand or react to team fights.
6. Get blamed for the inevitable loss.
7. Quit or requeue and return to step one.

What new players need. New players need time to make mistakes and correct them. They opportunities to come back. They need to be able to survive tough lanes. They need close games and understandable victory conditions. They need time to see what is going on in a team fight. Fast paced, snowbally, high damage Meta game with low time to react or process is the wrong time to be fishing for new players.