Why can players ban their own teams champions?

Effolass··3 votes·1,150 views

Why does riot allow you to ban champions your team has selected in the dynamic queue? If for example, lets say I want to play super popular champion Ahri. I'm 1st pick. Bottom pick has a grudge against Ahri, because "Ahri's suck and always feed". So he bans Ahri. Now for some people, this might not be a big deal but for me Ahri is my main champion and this person has A) Demonstrated they have no trust in their teammate B) Inclined me to not trust them because I suspect they are already tilted. This is not creating a cohesive or productive attitude for the team. It just seems like this could be solved by not allowing anyone to ban a champion which someone on your team wants to play.

(From the other side) I can understand not wanting Ashe jungle, it seems like a really bad idea. I can see why someone would want to ban Ashe if someone on their team picked Ashe for jungle, but imo if a person is going to jungle Ashe, they either A) Know something I don't or B) really are bad. If it's A maybe we'll win and if it's B then they really are unskilled and now they're probably angry. So In the best case I learn something new and in the worst case I've angered an already sub par player.

-End rant

P.S. I hate jerks and idiots. I don't main ashe nor ahri they are just examples and both start with A.

7 Comments

alasarcher3 votes

Because its all about pick order (and i mean order in which person is going to pick champ, not role calling). If 5th guy in your team is gonna pick Vayne and first guy in your team is gonna pick Mundo, its logical to ban Vayne to remove counter (this is just example i know mundo is banned always).

Effolass1 votes

I suppose I can concede to this point; it really is valid. It still feels like a dick move. Imo if someone mains Vayne , they should be able to counter-pick and crush her in lane because they know her play. It's people who are banning based on a grudge rather than reasoning that really get on my nerves, but you can't ban actions based on intent.

Thanks for the reply it really does make a lot of sense.

Curtis Woodard3 votes

Let's say your team doesn't have first pick and the 2nd pick on your team has graves as preferred, but graves is SUPER OP AM I RIGHT Trundle

You don't want enemy to first pick graves right? But wait a sec your 2nd pick has preferred oh shit now you cant ban him.

Enemy now gets graves first pick if they so please.

You just got fucked over by this stupid idea.

Pandemic Punch2 votes

If you pick top Yasuo, I will ban it. Unless you are much higher elo

Aeolian Melodies1 votes

Just because some guy says he wants to play Graves does not mean I want to risk facing him.

If the champ is not a contested pick, it counts as grieving and it's actually reportable (same as not playing your assigned role, unless ofc you come to a gentlemen's agreement).

OldYellerDog1 votes

I have empathy for the person who had his intended main champion banned. I also believe Zachary's and Aeolean Melodies' posts to be a legitamate reason to ban a champ that has been pre-selected by your team in the dynamic queue.

Having been the subject of these unfortunate bans, I would usually ask "Why Did You Do That?" to the teamate who banned my champion. In every case, the response has been "I didn't see you had picked Blitzcrank ...sorry". I believe MOST often, these are unintentional bans, due to a rushed response to get a ban in before being tossed for failing to ban in the allotted time.

Recommend RIOT consider a small check-sum, such that if a player indicates he /she intends to ban a champion that has already been selected by a teamate in the dynamic queue, that a small warning appear saying

                                                                 **"A fellow teamate has selected that champion, ban anyway?" **

This might go a long way toward preserving the peace, for inadvertent bans., while still permitting the action.

Ap Mid Burst

The only time i ban my teams champion is when the try to pick vayne, then dodge cause I know I would lose. Other times i let my team go whatever, even if it is zed jungle or whatever.

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