Is banning Leona a bad call?

Advacus·12/3/2014, 11:53:12 PM·1 votes·920 views

So i just got out of a ranked match where i asked the first pick to ban leona, his then proceeded to call me a noob and tell me that i was going to feed all game. Is it truly that bad to want a leona ban when you main zyra sup? i mean if leona gets on top of me she just eats me alive. so thoughts?

12 Comments

Eljin12/4/2014, 12:50:54 AM3 votes

Well, if you are going to do better in the game with Leona banned, then I think it's legit.

I dislike how bans seem to be community champion balancing, rather than match-based balancing. But maybe that's just me.

Leti the Yeti12/3/2014, 11:59:11 PM2 votes

if you still have room to ban akali,fizz,yasuo then go for it :D

MattAkhavan12/4/2014, 4:11:47 AM2 votes

Ban whoever you want, the bans don't really matter most of the time it's just who you don't wanna play against.

SmokingPuffin12/4/2014, 12:42:42 AM2 votes

Zyra has a pretty good matchup with Leona if you're good at Zyra. Her QW poke outranges Leona E and Zyra peels for her ADC quite well.

That said, if you're not comfortable with the matchup, it's totally fine to ban champs you don't want to face.

disregardable12/3/2014, 11:55:14 PM2 votes

I think it depends on the elo and the team comp.

FantasySniper12/4/2014, 12:59:40 AM1 votes

She's easy to counter-pick, but otherwise it's not a bad thing to ban her.

Anyone with powerful zoning or denial can counter her; Janna Zyra Braum Soraka

Hullabaloo90712/4/2014, 6:36:58 AM1 votes

It probably isnt worth it. It would be better to try to counter leona with smart play than with banning her because she is pretty much a one trick pony, and a good support will just play alistar if she is banned

Phia12/5/2014, 1:39:43 AM1 votes

Zyra outright beats Leona, just arrive in lane early to push the lane to avoid getting lvl 2 cheesed. No way to lose except if the enemy lane gets jungle intervention, not much else they can do.

Rustling Bush12/3/2014, 11:58:06 PM1 votes

leona has so much cc, i consider her a ban worthy champion

Advacus12/4/2014, 12:39:01 AM1 votes

Well yas wasnt banned but this was low gold elo. and he instead banned azir rather then leona. But he then conviced the entire other team that i was harrassing them even though the only thing i typed to him was please gank a lane. will you help top please, Im just upset because he convinced the other team that i was harrasing him.

Aurelius Maximus12/4/2014, 12:46:37 AM1 votes

banning leona has always been a bad call

Leblancs Boob12/4/2014, 12:47:11 AM1 votes

Well Leona is easily one of Zyra's hardest counters so banning her is a very good call