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The best way to implement 10 bans.

Raije·2/1/2017, 3:23:08 PM·3 votes·910 views

Adding more bans to the current system and more time is not the answer.

Let all bans happen simultaneously for both teams. There are two clear options for this.

Either both teams have a preset time, let's say 60 seconds, to ban. They can see who the other team is banning and react accordingly. You can choose to ban someone who counters your pick or the most imba champion out there. If you wait too long and don't lock in your pick you simply don't ban anyone. The game doesn't remake. The game goes on with less than 10 bans. If no one bans anyone then all champs are still available. This allows for some mind games, doesn't add more time, and doesn't kick people out of the game for missing their ban.

The other option is to have both teams blindly ban five champs. Same basic 60 seconds time limit. They cannot see the other team. So if both teams ban the exact 5 champs then only five champs are banned. If 10 different champs are banned all are banned. Like in the other example if you don't ban anyone you don't get kicked out for not banning a champ, you just don't use your ban.

Both of these speed up the process and allow for plenty of bans.

Edit: for solo/flex queue only. Not for professional play.

7 Comments

Usernamehere12352/1/2017, 4:22:18 PM2 votes

Both options sound horrid. Even in solo queue, it's not right for people to ban the same champion, nor should they do it at the same time. This leads to confusion and a lack of clarity. Furthermore, it's a bluntly bad idea to see what other people are hovering on the ban on the other team. This can lead to situations where you're trying to ban counters, and the enemy team simply waits until the very last moment to actually ban a champion. The draft system was created so that players have an ordered, clarifying space to "draft" a composition. Both of your ideas seem to move away from a competitive, timed draft and move far closer towards a blind pick/niche draft.

TheHappyReaperz2/1/2017, 3:45:49 PM1 votes

Only thing is, for Challenger/Master it makes sense for the system to be the same as the pros, but for the rest of ranked, this seems like a pretty good idea.

Ad Vitam Aeterna2/1/2017, 3:46:58 PM1 votes

uhhhh, they already said thats how the bans would be for Solo Que. They don't want to add anymore time to champ select.

Raije2/2/2017, 9:43:26 PM1 votes

I'd be fine with challenger/master being the same as pro. I really don't want to see the already bloated champ select get worse.