Idea for bans

My IGN Sucks·Nov 1, 2014·1 votes·514 views

Crazy idea, but bear with me. Instead of just adding bans, you specify which bans can be made by their listed primary type (determined by the meta, this is dynamic). The are 6 types of champions by type: Assassin, Fighter, Mage, Marksman, Support, Tank. You can only ban one champion per type.

Example ban phase includes a 4th ban per team.

Note: Going solely based off of what the client lists them for the primary type. These should change depending on how the meta plays at that point (ex: Morgana would change from Mage to Support).

Blue bans

Lucian (Marksman)
Alistar (Tank)
Lee Sin (Fighter)
Morgana (Mage)

Purple bans

Tristana (Marksman)
Zilean (Support)
Rengar (Assassin)
Jarvan IV (Tank)

4 Comments

FeatherztormNov 1, 20142 votes

The meta doesn't determine Morgana a support, though, because she's not. She's a mage. Just like it doesn't determine Annie as a support. They're just played as supports in elo's below Diamond and Challenger because they work. I can see it being viable for true supports, but then you'd have to distinguish between Alistar being a tank or a support, braum a tank or support, vise-versa. The ban system I feel is fine the way it is, maybe add a ban, or disallow a team to ban two of the same types, i.e. you can't ban both Leona and Braum on the same team, but you can ban Leona and Volibear, because Voli is a tank, and leo a support.

My IGN SucksNov 1, 20141 votes

True enough. I thought about that before posting. I just didn't want to get into type versus role. And you bring up another good point with the meta being different at different levels of play.

67chromeNov 1, 20141 votes

The are 5 types of champions by type: Assassin, Fighter, Mage, Marksman, Support, Tank. You can only ban one champion per type.

That uh, that looks like 6 types of champions. Did you mean 5 bans? 5 lanning positions?

Also, while the idea seems cool and has it's merits - the champions of LoL often fall into reeeeally fuzzy lines in regards to what roll they truely are. About 50% of them are squarely one of the 6 archetypes, but the other ~half are often 50/50 roll splits. Morganna is pretty much equal parts mage and support, Blitzcrank tank and support, Volibear tank and fighter, Ahri mage and assassin, Nidalee support and assassin, Jayce fighter and marksman, Elise fighter and mage, Ryze figher and mage.

There's also champions that really don't fit any of the existing 6 class archetypes. Teemo, Urgot, and Kayle are only around 40% of any given category, tops, and kind of function as their own unique class type.

My IGN SucksNov 1, 20141 votes

Yes, I meant 6 types. Counting is hard.

Dunno about 5 bans, 4 seems like it would be just about perfect.

Again, it was really just a toss-up about whether to do it by role or type. The listed type was just easier to do because a lot of champions are viable in different roles, whereas the type or "attribute" is listed there where everyone can see it.