Riot will you ever change the ban system?

Irelia Bot·5/13/2016, 4:05:16 AM·3 votes·225 views

It has been at 6 bans for several years and while that is nice to have to some degree it is not really doing the trick.

Upping it to one ban a player would likely make some of the players happy to some degree but that just seems like a band-aid fix that in reality does not improve the impact of bans and just amplifies the surface looks without making the banning phase any more strategic. Basically it would be 13 to 15 champs taking turns getting banned.

Another but likely far less attractive option to the mass of players would be having some of the bans put between player picks. Have several of the bans be stragic reactions to what the enemy team is showing and in turn a way to try and ruin the enemy team comp. This would in fact help far more with the issue of "we lost at champ select" then just increasing the number of champs who can be straight out banned. Basically a copy of Dota 2's captain draft mode which is the standard for Dota 2 tournaments.

Both teams still have 2 (or 3) bans before any champs are selected for their team so any 58% win rate broken as hell "Rito what were you thinking buffing them" champs can be banned and for certain not picked.

Pick/ban phase info on captain's draft mode can be found here. http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Game_modes

While it might not sound as "fun" on the surface it will add more complexity to pick/ban phase which is currently is often just the same 8 to 10 champs taking turns being banned.

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