Best Champions Ban Tier List For Ranked Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum | Diamond - Patch 13.24 December 2023

Hwei Struggling

As expected, Hwei is struggling due to his high skill floor even post buffs. Meanwhile, long range CC champions are thriving at most divisions. Ezreal is easily replaceable by another marksman but due to his absurd play rate and decent performance across the board can be worth a ban just to keep someone out of their comfort zone.

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PATCH 13.24 BAN TIER LIST

Hwei Struggling

As expected, Hwei is struggling due to his high skill floor even post buffs. Meanwhile, long range CC champions are thriving at most divisions. Ezreal is easily replaceable by another marksman but due to his absurd play rate and decent performance across the board can be worth a ban just to keep someone out of their comfort zone.

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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]: Blitzcrank, Jax, Draven, Orianna
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Ezreal, Sylas, Graves

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Hwei, Yone, Briar

Platinum/Emerald

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Briar, Blitzcrank, Morgana
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Jhin, Sylas, Lux

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Hwei, Yone, Zed

Gold 

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Blitzcrank, Briar, Morgana
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: 

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Hwei, Yone, Zed 

Silver 

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Blitzcrank, Briar, Morgana
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Lux, Jhin, Sylas

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Zed, Yone, Hwei

Bronze/Iron

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Blitzcrank, Briar, Morgana
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Lux, Jhin, Sylas, Miss Fortune

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Zed, Yone, Shaco

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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