Permabanned champs

Beowwulf·Jan 2, 2014·3 votes·623 views

I am fairly new to lol. I'm level 30 but don't have 16 champs or all the runes I want before I start ranked. However I would still like to know the permabanned champs. I know they change depending on elo so I figured I may be able to take advantage of that since I will start out in low elo I could master a high elo permabanned champ, thus allowing me to already start out stomping people.

Also useful just to know which champions to watch out for.

So just post what champions you normally see banned every game and your rank/division. Thanks.

10 Comments

TohkuJan 2, 20143 votes

This may be off topic, so I apologize. But why are the champions that are banned different for each level? I figured their would be the same problems regardless of which tier you're in.

OzbirtaJan 2, 20143 votes

Different champs have kits that excel with and against differently skilled players. Champions like Nasus are banned often at gold because at that level most players have the basics required to do well with him, yet not enough people are good enough to keep him from thriving. At bronze, he wouldn't be good enough to get a lot of stacks, and at diamond, people actually know how to shut him down in lane (most of the time...) so the bans aren't as necessary.

I hope this makes sense.

BeowwulfJan 3, 20141 votes

Pretty much what he said.

LunerJan 2, 20142 votes

Dont forget that the champions that are banned are always changing and as you go up in the rankings they tend to change as well. I recently managed to move up from silver 5 to plat 5 and I can tell you the most commonly banned champions from each league.

Silver:

Blitzcrank - he can really be annoying in lane and his pulls can mean certain death if landed.

Amumu - His ult can become really annoying and can be seen as op in teamfights

Nasus - He is always op late game, wether you shut him down or not

Gold:

Riven: She can become a real problem in lane and is one of the best champions for carying if played correctly

Fizz: Similar to riven in the idea that he can carry if he is fed enough

Malphite: his ult can be really annoying and if given the chance to be played with a yasuo, man the combo op

Plat:

Eve: with the changes to vision she can be seen as over-powered

Shyvana: Amazing champion if built correctly

Mundo: His ultimate works extremely well with the changes to masteries

Overall as i moved up i saw people saying that blitz pulls were not a problem as people learn how to dodge them but later become an issue in diamond when people become good at landing them. Similar situation with amumu.

The champions that are easiest to carry with preseason 4 would have to be shyvana, mundo, eve, and definitely nasus.

But if you really want to know what champion to carry with I would say your best :)! Every champion can be good if played with the right person.

BeowwulfJan 2, 20141 votes

Thanks, I already know that last part too. Just wanted to be good at any of the banned champions so if the oppurtunity presents itself I can take advantage of it now and then.

Raiku KawisaJan 2, 20141 votes

Kassadin appears on the battlefield once a blue moon. Always ban him. Blitz and Thresh are nightmare Supports to face.

From there the bans are more varied. Nasus, Zed, Shyvana are all popular bans as well

OzbirtaJan 2, 20141 votes

No real reason to ban thresh below plat, no one plays him anywhere near his full capacity, and really not too bad to deal with there.

When in doubt, ban the ones you don't want to play against, and ask your team in pregame if there are any they would like to see banned.

IslandwalkJan 2, 20141 votes

Here are the most often banned ones I see: Kassadin, Fizz, Blitzcrank, Nasus, Amumu, Thresh, Riven, and Shyvana

Drunk Old ManJan 2, 20141 votes

In pretty much every elo, Kass is banned. Rightly so, since in the right hands he turns a match into a one-sided mess.

ISOcatJan 3, 20141 votes

These are Korean only (I think) statistics, but you can see ban/pick percentages for each tier here:

http://op.gg/statistics/pickban/ (May require some time or multiple attempts to load depending on server use.)

They are currently translating the site and planning on expanding services to NA/EU as well but it's a good resource to see win rates, MMR calculations if you play ranked, and many other useful data.

GLHF