What type of champs do YOU ban?

DrCyanide·8/15/2018, 3:56:43 PM·1 votes·780 views

The way I see it, there are 3 primary reasons to ban what you ban.

  1. The champion is statistically strong.
  2. You hate playing against the champion, even if you can win against them.
  3. The champion would counter what you intend to pick.

There are some minor exceptions (such as newly released/reworked champions), but those are the major 3 points. Which ones do you most commonly ban and why?

9 Comments

DuskDaUmbreon8/15/2018, 5:00:38 PM2 votes

It's whatever counters me personally, not necessarily my champion.

Most of my bans are on champions I can't reasonably fight, or even escape in a 1v1 scenario. Wukong, up until this patch (which thank god he's been nerfed) held that spot for a long time. The others are just ones I don't want to deal with fighting, regardless of whether or not they're strong. Fiddle and Heimer are usually these fallback bans, simply because nobody wants to deal with a lane Fiddle, or against Heimer anywhere.

If even my fallbacks are already banned, though, most often I'll just ban what I expect my team to not be able to handle.

LegendaryLemur8/15/2018, 4:01:37 PM1 votes

Often i'll ban a counterpick of our first pick. If i have a high pick i'll use the ban to counterpick my own lane, but if i'm picking late, i figure i'll be the one counterpicking.

MrFawknSunshine8/15/2018, 4:03:41 PM1 votes

i either ban a counter pick to my lane or a champ that i know the team at my elo has issues with. if i know my teams win condition is mid/bot/jungle ill ban a champ that lets them carry easier. i typically play a tank top lane so. i need my other lanes to win and carry

Beatrice falls8/15/2018, 3:58:06 PM1 votes

Mixed between 2 and 4, I always insta-ban Yasuo if it's a rotative mode or if I get to play ranked with friends, don't want one in my team (the feeder one) or one in the enemy team (the 12 years old bragging about his skills getting fed by the trash Veigar mid)

PhearBunny8/15/2018, 4:26:53 PM1 votes

If I get Top/mid/jungle, I ban to protect my top laners matchup. If I get bot lane, I ban to save my support from getting counter picked.

Hayaishi8/15/2018, 4:42:26 PM1 votes

Shit that my team will feed

Subject 58/15/2018, 4:08:32 PM1 votes

MasterYi Requires an attentive team that works together Yasuo Disables or disengages any and all ranged champions with windwall or projectile abilities Fizz Literally removes himself from the game