Best Champions Ban Tier List For Ranked Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum | Diamond - Patch 12.1 January

Check out the latest ban list data flowing in! Looks like at higher divisions support and marksmen tend to have higher impact whereas in lower divisions champions like Master Yi, Yasuo and Yone snowball straight through enemy teams. Meanwhile, Lux continues to perform well at nearly every division.

SEASON 12
PATCH 12.1 BAN TIER LIST

High Elo Bot Lane, Low Elo Bruisers

Check out the latest ban list data flowing in! Looks like at higher divisions support and marksmen tend to have higher impact whereas in lower divisions champions like Master Yi, Yasuo and Yone snowball straight through enemy teams. Meanwhile, Lux continues to perform well at nearly every division.

Check out the full list below!

Be sure to check out the regular ranked queue 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]: Lulu, Talon
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Jinx, Vayne, Viktor

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Zed, Yuumi, Yone, Irelia

Platinum

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Morgana, Lulu
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Jhin, Lux, Jinx, Vayne

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Zed, Yone, Yuumi, Irelia

Gold 

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Morgana, Yone, Vayne
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Lux, Jhin

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Zed, Yasuo, Irelia

Silver 

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Morgana, Yasuo, Master Yi, Yone
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Lux, Yasuo, Jhin

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Zed

Bronze

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Morgana, Master Yi, Yasuo, Yone, Blitzcrank
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Lux, Jhin

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Zed

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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