"OMG Riot, there's too many op champs I have to ban!"

KMSL·8/31/2015, 4:00:02 PM·4 votes·1,752 views

Isn't that a good thing? The more champions that are ban worthy, the more balanced the game is.

18 Comments

Duke Anax8/31/2015, 4:03:02 PM3 votes

it may be balanced but not necessarily good when everyone bans those champs because they hate them.

A healthier balance is when you don't want to ban anyone.

Earl Eulrich8/31/2015, 4:06:25 PM2 votes

or it just means that there are too many champs that are frustrating to play against/that are too binary...

Wero348/31/2015, 4:05:04 PM1 votes

Then play one of those

EndlessSorcerer8/31/2015, 4:13:51 PM1 votes

When everyone is ban-worthy, no one is!

Crowe Stalker8/31/2015, 4:27:20 PM1 votes

Bans should not be correlated to Balance. Bans should (ideally) exist when you don't want to deal with a certain Champion (like Irelia) or when you don't want to deal with a certain meta (like Vayne Kalista Thresh) they should not be there because the Balance Team isn't doing it's job properly (try banning every item 3931 Jungler, I dare you. You can't, because there's not enough bans for that)

Poor Balance is when you use your bans against champions with high winrates or toxic gameplay. Healthy Balance is when you use your bans on champions you just don't like but have very reasonable counterplay.

BakedLotion8/31/2015, 4:00:51 PM1 votes

Then what about the other 100+ champions? But its k cause u have diversity!!! The 15 lcsbigplays champions !!!

J Eevo8/31/2015, 4:32:25 PM1 votes

It's not a good thing when players feel that instead of counterpicking a champion they have to ban him, If you know that a champion is popular you might leave him open to pick a counter to him, if players feel that a ban is a better alternative means something is wrong with the overall balance

Tavish8/31/2015, 4:03:53 PM1 votes

This is actually an interesting point that gets at the crux of "What exactly is balance"

You are describing the DoTA approach to balance. League tends to operate under the opposite assumption that "balance is weakness" - Zed