Optimal Best Champions Bans At Each Division - Patch 8.18 September List

Ban Graves...if you're not playing him that is...meanwhile, Kassadin and Akali remain high division priority bans, but not so much in the lower divisions. You're better off taking champions like Blitzcrank and Morgana off the enemy plates.

Lastly, Yasuo and Zed remain pretty meh bans in all divisions. Their margin for error is too small for all the armies of wannabes out there.

SEASON 8
PATCH 8.18 BAN LIST

"Problems"

Ban Graves

If you're not playing him that is...meanwhile, Kassadin and Akali remain high division priority bans, but not so much in the lower divisions. You're better off taking champions like Blitzcrank and Morgana off the enemy plates.

Lastly, Yasuo and Zed remain pretty meh bans in all divisions. Their margin for error is too small for all the armies of wannabes out there.

Behold the full list below!

Be sure to check out the regular ranked queue list, and the FOTM tier list as well!

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

1. Which champions could the enemy team pick that would really screw my team over?
2. Which champions could the enemy team pick that would really screw ME over?
3. Which of the champions above is the enemy team likely going to pick if it's not banned?
4. 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.

Optimal Bans

 Diamond+

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Akali, Irelia, Graves, Camille, Zed, Kai'Sa, Draven
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Lucian, Nami, Kassadin

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Yasuo, Evelynn, Morgana

Platinum

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Irelia, Graves, Evelynn, Jax, Kassadin, Kai'Sa
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Lucian, Jhin, Nami

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Akali, Yasuo, Zed, Morgana, Darius,

Gold

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Morgana, Irelia, Graves, Kai'Sa, Jhin
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Jax, Jinx, Nami

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Yasuo, Akali, Zed, Darius, Master Yi

Silver

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Morgana, Master Yi, Blitzcrank, Jax, Irelia
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Jhin, Jinx, Miss Fortune, Graves, Lux

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Yasuo, Zed, Akali, Darius, 

Bronze

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Master Yi, Morgana, Blitzcrank, Jax
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Miss Fortune, Jhin, Jinx, Lux

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Yasuo, Zed, Darius, Akali

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!

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