Increase Bans per Game

Redaga·12/14/2015, 1:12:02 AM·13 votes·972 views

LoL has grown a lot, from the original 40 champs, we are now at 128 (3 times more champs) and increasing (we get a new champ, every what.. 3 months?)

And yet the numbers of ban per game have barely changed since the 4 (2 per team, now 6 ban, 3 per team). 4 champs banned out of 40 was 10% of the champ pool banned. while, now, 6 out of 128 is only 5% of the champ pool banned.

if bans adjusted with the increase of the champs, to keep a 10% ban from the champ pool, at this moment, we should be able to ban 12 champs per game (6 per team), that means at least 1 champs per Player during Draft mode (1 player gets to ban 2 champs)

Other solution would be add Perma bans at least for ranked, if not increase the numbers of ban per game, at least, keep the usual suspects out so the few ban spaces are not "wasted" on em. I mean, other kind of competitive games have Perma bans, from Card games to Video Game Pokemon

Edit: changed some math, original bans from S1 were 2 per team (4) not 3 per team (6)

18 Comments

TheFoundry12/14/2015, 4:41:34 AM2 votes

Good job providing mathematical support for your position. I completely agree we need to be up around the 6 bans per team mark. Riot really should make it so about 10% of the total champions in the game are banned each ranked/draft game. If they want to keep it so players only ban 3 champs per team to keep games moving then have 6 champions banned at random based on the champion pool for each team.

MorningEspeon12/14/2015, 1:21:01 AM1 votes

I am a firm supporter that the game needs more bans available.

hsumis1ove12/14/2015, 3:17:38 AM1 votes

Then u can just ban all counters for a single op character and win.

Slamurai Jack12/14/2015, 6:30:08 AM1 votes

I would be for it, but people already waste many of their 6 bans per game on champions that are merely disliked and not OP. Adding more bans would simply add more of these unpopular champions to the "cannot play" list. And given that their ban status is based around being unfun to play against rather than being too strong, it's unlikely that they would ever leave that list. I don't want that and neither does Riot.

Joaffle12/14/2015, 6:47:29 AM1 votes

I say 5 bans because if it was 6 people will first ban the kings and queens of the game first and then old meta champs example is what if i want to play Elise they'll probably make her a last second ban after they ban stuff like DrMundo Rammus Jax Brand Gangplank Kindred Quinn Soraka TahmKench Fiora the because then there be a auto ban list that everyone goes by.

Keti12/14/2015, 2:16:24 PM1 votes

No pls I want to be able to play kindred sometimes :(