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League of Legends (LoL) Question: Current bans?

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Current bans?

Asked by Kinen on August 15, 2013

What are the current things to be banning? I hate doing the bans because I just wind up doing the popular bans I see but don't feel they necessarily need banning/picking. I suppose some consideration needs to be made for the level of play. Not many scary Elise's at my level (although I don't think she gets banned much anymore, anyway) and while I might feel that Malphite isn't scary, if my level can't deal with him (even if I think I can) perhaps I should just be banning him anyway. Which I usually do just because I can't think of anything worthwhile to ban :/

I dunno, maybe I shouldn't care too much. Leaving Shen open usually baits people who can't play him into picking him just because he's Shen.

Answers (5)

(947) |

Thresh if I can't get him, Vayne unless someone requests it, Twisted Fate, Zac, Shen, Elise and I think even Yi is a legitimate ban now especially in lower elo. Oh and of course whatever annoys you/ you have trouble dealing with/ counters your pick.

(36) |

I've never seen a ban but hardly anyone I have vs'ed owned him, when I played him on the free week I realized how good he actually is though so I'm not surprised if he is banned.

(947) |

I've been told Nautilus was included in low elo bans too. Ban all tha hooks

(36) |

at low elo we still have the , , and instabans along with now, which are the generally 'OP' champs that people just don't know how to counter, you never see TF banned and is usually considered a weak pick for some reason.

(4) |

In Silver is no longer shen instaban, people recognized trouble with timing on ultimate in Solo Que. Very often Bans are still Blitzcrank and Amumu also Thresh and Nunu.

(4) |

I was baning Caitlyn before nerf of her passive. And sometimes TF. I can recommend to Ban Zac, Elise, Lee Sin

(5) |

Just ban whoever annoys you, or whoever you consider strong. I tend to play AD if I am going top, so I tend to ban , whose cripples AD Nid's mobility and her damage output. Never ban a champion unless you personally consider them to be strong. If you can constantly wreck an with an aggressive, duel-oriented counterjungler such as or , then why the hell should you ban just because "He's op"?

(2) |

I do Hecarim Thresh/Blitz (The enemy team will likely ban one of those; so I usually do one) and then usually a selfish ban. (Ban Cait if I want to adc, since I hate her. Or ban someone to help my duo friend.) Shen is a good ban if you don't know your top, because Shen can get really stomped by some people; but if your top is trash or has a limited pool you could be screwed.