We are bringing 10 bans to Normal Draft starting with patch 7.11.
Our plan is to have 10 bans live for about a week for testing before rolling out to Ranked Solo/Duo and Flex. We’ll be releasing on the NA server first, followed by other regions.
For more information on how the new ban phase will work (and how it differs from the format used in the LCS), check out the announcement post here.
that awkward moment when i queue for a 5v5 draft and its still 3 bans
Riot trolling, it's not even live in normals.
10 bans is live! Except...no it's not! And a lot of us (myself included) were really excited for it!
You get a ban! And you get a ban! And you get a ban! EVERYONE GETS A BAN!!
So when exactly DOES this go live?
No cure for Fools x 10
But it's not, tf rito [zombie-nunu-tears]
i dont see the 10 ban
Thank the Void. Never again will I have to fight 
my biggest question is why remove the sequential banning? it take out so much in the way of counter picks and bans that way and makes countering you enemy so much harder bc many time you can guess who will be played by the champ banned. dont get me wrong the 10 ban is nice and all but doing it like this doesnt seem to be the best way...and i get solo q and all but for example in ranked ppl actually try to counter pick and ban to give their team a better shot at winning the match bc we all wanna move higher in elo but with this new ban system its gonna be a lot harder to pull off good counter bans. rito if im wrong please explain your thoughts on the new ban system and why you feel its a better system then the sequential banning
Went in to play drafts and was first pick, didn't get to ban, 6 bans only...so I dodged lmaooo riot you're funny.
Guys it says by patch 7.11. Read the whole thing and chill it will come out...
Yasuo mains can go back to blind where they belong. Also I like the simultaneous bans because I think people have to make the choice between having more champs off the table or getting a common ban off the table with the other team for stronger champions at the moment. Cool if people.
The ban system needs to be changed to snake bans. It just seems like a crap shoot and lost all of its fun because you cant ban strategically anymore.
Riot, please get rid of this. For people that enjoy a select few of play styles, this ruins the game. I realise that it would only seem fair for everyone to have a say in the banning but getting rid of 20 champions is annoying. They say in ranked (which I don't play because I like having fun) you should have 3 champions for every role. so at least 15 champions, and 20 can potentially be banned. Currently I like playing top lane, and most top laners are disliked and banned by default but usually I would have at least 2 ready to go. Now with 20 bans means its even harder to play the champions I like. In the old system each team had 3, it made choosing a ban more meaningful rather then "everyone pick your most hated champion". You would have to consider the current meta, your champion, teammates champions, and counters. Also majority of the time you wouldn't ban 3 in 1 lane, then enemy mid could have someone like 
and your mid laner picked 
(immobile and skill shot oriented) someone who can do very poorly against an . And since doesn't have much of a reputation she is still very strong but didn't think about that because "someone is bound to ban her shes so strong someone has to, I hate 
even though I know how to fight her, she just annoys me. So I'll ban her." Even though most people hate top laners, you woudln't ban 3 top laners if your mid would struggle against someone who is very mobile, you would spread them out so 3 our of 5 roles could do better off than fighing their counters. Now there is less reason to think about your ban because someone else would probably ban them if they have a bad reputation like 
and (btw great timing for the skins) I realise this was still a possibility in the old system but with only 6 bans there was more thought required. Also for anyone who says "just play blind pick" I hate fighting to be the first one to copy&paste my role and get stuck with jungle or support because everyone loaded in faster than be and I should try again next game. Please remove this riot.
R.I.P 12/13/2013 - 6/1/2017
Main here. looks like I'll have to find a new main when this goes live.
Cant wait for queues to take even longer now. Champ select takes a ridiculously long time as is. At the very least you should have the game loading in the background. Shit you could even have a little sandbox playmode if the game loads before everyone picks their champs and people just run around as a minion or some base champ or something.
it's finally live for real guys!
I like the quickness of the new system,but some champs will be perma-banned. I just think this will make more work for riot, because they will have to balance the champs more
This is a horrible idea... 3 bans is perfect. Hell I don't even worry about bans anyway. learn to deal with the champions that are tough, or you will not get better.
You have certain mains (yasuo/Darius) that are basically perma banned by this. I don't think you thought through how this will affect certain champions playability.
Much like so many others are saying, I think this was a step in the wrong direction, it removes so much from the champ select stage simply to give everyone a chance to ban. Yes I understand everyone banning is more fair than just 3 people, but this most certainly is not a good system.
The two downfalls to this are not being able to properly ban off based on picks and having teams be able to ban the same champion. If theres a way to change this in the near future that would be awesome. I just feel like the new ban phase isnt as strategical in these situations.
I don't really like the version of the 10 bans, I'd rather have Riot make the bans like they did in the LCS (3 bans, then 2 bans)
It already takes too long to wait for 6 morons to ban.. Now we have to wait for 10 bans?? And then on number 9 the person doesn't ban and we have to go back into Q and start over again?? #lesstimepicking #moretimeplaying
6 is the new 10 
Is anyone else having the problem though that the play button wont even load?
ok so I have an actual question about how riot thinks this will affect ranked play for people who are just starting in ranked. Since only 16 champs are required to play ranked won't new people run the risk of having more than half their champ pool banned? personally I think after years of adding champions to the game the number of champs should be raised to 30 for ranked play but especially now with 10 bans.
on the picture above, who the f would ban azir? lmfao
Great, now cuz I chose to spend my money on runes I won't have enough champs to even play normal draft. Why Rito?
This new banning system makes me hate playing draft I play ranked just to get away from the new ban system. Like several people have already said it takes away the strategy of bans. the increase in bans can be nice but makes it meaningless. If you insist on having the 10 bans then please do a snake order or do it like in the tournaments so that the bans have a point instead of the current crap shoot for banning champions.
when will the new runes and honor system ....come live
