Best Champions Ban Tier List For Ranked Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum | Diamond - Patch 12.14 August

Despite nerfs to Sivir this patch, she continues to be a powerhouse in the bot lane. Meanwhile, Yuumi's nerfs have dropped her from an overwhelming sustain support to a slightly less overwhelming sustain support. The healing scaling reduction makes her just non-annoying enough to not warrant a ban...unless you really just can't stand playing against her.

SEASON 12
PATCH 12.14 BAN TIER LIST

Sivir Continues Dominating Post-Nerf

Despite nerfs to Sivir this patch, she continues to be a powerhouse in the bot lane. Meanwhile, Yuumi's nerfs have dropped her from an overwhelming sustain support to a slightly less overwhelming sustain support. The healing scaling reduction makes her just non-annoying enough to not warrant a ban...unless you really just can't stand playing against her.

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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]: Bel'Veth, Diana, Draven, Sivir, Darius
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Sylas, Lulu

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Yuumi, Nilah

Platinum

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Bel'Veth, Darius, Master Yi, Diana
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Sivir, Ashe, Sylas

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Yuumi, Nilah

Gold 

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Bel'Veth, Master Yi, Darius
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Sivir, Ashe

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Zed, Nilah, Yuumi

Silver 

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Master Yi, Bel'Veth, Darius
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Lux, Morgana, Ashe, Sivir

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Zed, Nilah

Bronze/Iron

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Master Yi, Bel'Veth, Morgana
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Lux, Miss Fortune, Ashe

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

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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