Balanced Game?
This time around (believe it not), there are relatively few outliers on the spectrum, and the majority of champions appear to be fairly balanced as far as solo champions go. Long-range catchers like Lux and Blitzcrank still cause problems in lower divisions, but in the majority of higher division players are starting to find champions to be fairly even. Meanwhile, Yuumi continues to draw some unnecessary bans considering her general impact on games.
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SEASON 9
PATCH 9.15 BAN TIER LIST
PATCH 9.15 BAN TIER LIST
Balanced Game?
This time around (believe it not), there are relatively few outliers on the spectrum, and the majority of champions appear to be fairly balanced as far as solo champions go. Long-range catchers like Lux and Blitzcrank still cause problems in lower divisions, but in the majority of higher division players are starting to find champions to be fairly even. Meanwhile, Yuumi continues to draw some unnecessary bans considering her general impact on games.
Check out the full list below!
Check out the full list below!
The purpose of this list is to discover optimal bans, with the knowledge that enemy teams will likely ban the ones at the top of the list.
Banning Thought Process
- Which champions could the enemy team pick that would really screw my team over?
- Which champions could the enemy team pick that would really screw ME over?
- Which of the champions above is the enemy team likely going to pick if it's not banned?
- Which of the champions above is the enemy team probably going to ban?
After considering these items, it's time to hit the ban phase.
God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Zed, Pyke, VladimirOptimal Bans
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Diamond+![]()
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Thresh, Jinx
Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Yuumi, Morgana, Yasuo, Evelynn
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Platinum![]()
God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Zed, Morgana, Pyke, Darius
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Thresh, Jinx
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Thresh, Jinx
Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Yasuo, Yuumi, Aatrox
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Gold![]()
God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Zed, Morgana, Pyke, Darius, Mordekaiser, Master Yi
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Jinx, Lux
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Jinx, Lux
Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Yasuo, Yuumi, Aatrox
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Silver![]()
God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Yasuo, Zed, Morgana, Darius, Pyke, Mordekaiser, Master Yi
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Lux, Jinx
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Lux, Jinx
Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Yuumi, Draven, Aatrox
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Bronze/Iron![]()
God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Yasuo, Zed, Morgana, Darius, Pyke, Master Yi, Mordekaiser
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Blitzcrank, Lux, Jinx
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Blitzcrank, Lux, Jinx
Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Yuumi, Aatrox, Draven, Lee Sin
Method
To do this list, I first start with whichever statistical compilation site I have available (my personal preference is leagueofgraphs.com). Afterwards, I check the most banned champions and separate them into either "God Tier" or "Meh Bans" based on win rate and popularity, sometimes subjective reasoning (in which case I'd do a write-up).
Last I do an analysis of both the win rate and the popularity by division and add in good bans for that division based on such.
Some people may note that most sites don't distinguish between "Platinum Only" and "Platinum and Higher". However, this generally doesn't make much of a difference as a result of the way the overall player distribution is between the ranks. Bronze and Silver make up the highest percentage of error, but generally run similar to each other.
Explanations
- Taking out explanations to make this list faster to put together, feel free to ask questions in the comments section below!