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Hey everybody, it's been a while since I've blogged so I'm gonna ask an interesting question, which champions are the most viable pick to ban in ranked/draft games? I can't tell you how many times I would go into a Solo Q and people will ban terrible picks... Even when I'm not Solo Queuing, my friends and I have a hard time to choose one, we'll most of the time yell at each other until the last second hits and the leader will panic and ban someone random. (Over exaggeration but this is what it feels like sometimes).

So what do you think are good bans? Some of my friends still have a hard time choosing ones and I'm itching to know what are some good bans myself. Comment below and give out reasons why.

Here are my top 5 bans (Not in a certain order):

1.) : This guy is nearly impossible to gank Pre-6 due to his 3-5 second blink and even when it's on cooldown, he's got an AOE slow. Not to mention he's got a pretty annoying silence that will mess up your AP carry mid.

2.) : Yet another AP carry, but her spell shield can practically counter any AP carry mid. Not to mention her passive gives her great sustain, mana is the only problem, but nothing like a blue buff won't fix it. Her ult is devastating in team fights (And also it can also sense stealthed champions).

3.) Shaco: One of the best jungler out there, IMO. He'll gank for days and can get dragon by level 6. He'll make you waste your gold by buying wards and oracles. Although he isn't that great late game in team fights, a guardian angel can fix that problem along with a well placed Hallucination clone. He can melt down your AD carry within seconds, and if the other team is stupid, they'll chase him for such a long time while his allies are split pushing or coming to his aid, eventually you'll just be all alone in their jungle hearing his laughs as you die. He's exactly what he looks like, and annoying-*** clown. (I had so much to write about this guy because he's one of my most played champs, I try not to ban him so I can grab him before the enemy team does)

4.) : A tank that can still manage to deal damage while staying immortal at the same time. He has a ton of CC and his ult can change a team fight. Not to mention he has an ability that will deal damage based on a percentage of a person's maximum HP, so he's able to deal damage to tanks as well.

5.) : ~~This guy is meh. He definitely used to be OP but after the patch, he's alright.~~ He's an awesome solo top, great sustain and not to mention his global ult, a great Shen will have great map awareness and will know when to ult on someone and not to. His taunt is such a nuisance and makes it kind of hard not to focus him. His ult will make you blow everything on the carry, just to end up being taunted and dead.

Edit: A lot of you guys have brought up some excellent points with , as most of you have said, whether he loses the lane or not, he will always end up carrying his team. ~~Furthermore, his ultimate is scaled off of his own health now.~~ I see people stack Warmog's on this guy like he's the new . (Also added to the list.

6.) : Awesome mid, she has great sustain due to her passive and also has a lot of mobility, increasing her movement speed and decreasing her enemies. When she has her ult, it can easily allow her to 2v1 when a jungler comes to gank. Not to mention her ult can do work in team fights, and even if they're not looking at her, her stun is immense.

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and both deal tons of damage, but they're also auto attackers. Get a and watch as they kill themselves.

Entertaining, but it's generally more effective to get a and on your team, then destroy them while their DPS drops.

and also work quite well. Combine that with some hard CC and you'll have no trouble with them.

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@Raiiiin:

I used to feel the same way, but they can both be destroyed easily with a lot of CC, and even though can become invincible, a simple ignite after a few seconds can still kill him. and both deal tons of damage, but they're also auto attackers. Get a and watch as they kill themselves. Also, champions such as and can counter them and hinder them in team fights.

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all champs should be permabanned. Simple.

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Well for the guy who should be banned is Tryndarme and yi -.- and kassa..its so ***in **** that try Ulti is so annoyin and the guy who plays him think he hase skills with this ulti.... and kassa dat silence so annoying and yi wtf he can face all 5 without takin a damage thats so ******ed just my opinion :)

oh and Shen is one of the best Tank i ever saw...so he is a great champ

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Thanks for the comments guys, I guess I hadn't really noticed how strong Shen really was, I'll probably edit some stuff about him and I'll add Cassiopeia to the list too.

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is strong to ban to. Most players on your team will not be expecting her wish in soloQ. Shes an easy support to play so banning her out will gimp any people who did not know how to play many off the harder supports. Also I do not think needs bans like he used to, with the rise of counterjunglers stealing his stuff he just kinda fell off. :(

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The bans depend on the metagame. I don't feel like kassadin is in the top tier of AP carries. The only reason Kassadin is such a strong champion at the moment is because people only go AP mid at the time, but disregard the fact that other AD casters and bruisers are also incredibly strong midlane. For example talon, talon rapes the **** out of kassadin post- 6. Other champions who counter him are argot, and to be honest, almost every single AD carry should beat him in midlane. Same with morgana, although morgana does fairly well against some of those i have listed.

There is a counter to everything, and most of the bans are caused by people not knowing how to play against certain champions.

My top ban is: , and it will stay this way until they nerf his ultimate to mot cover the entire map.

Other champions i usually ban are , and . SInce their all very strong in solo queue.

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aaaaaaaand just saw the last one on CasterMasters post.

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I think and are good bans too. Both are immovable objects that can go in multiple lanes with few problems, have loads of cc, and aren't easily counterable.

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is probably a strong ban, but not often seen banned. sucks so hard late game I don't know why people just ask to get ganked. really can carry his whole team...it's amazing

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Add to that list.

Personally the only two champion that I permaban are and . Shaco is far too dangerous to the bunch of idiots on your team and Shen can win the game for his team whether he wins his lane or not.