Best Champions Ban Tier List For Ranked Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum | Diamond - Patch 14.9 May 2024

Skarner Unflopping

Despite the latest "nerfs" players are finding success with Skarner in high level gameplay which is trickling down to other tiers as well. He's got great trade power, excellent all-in and overall feels good to play now that people have gotten the hang of his kit. Meanwhile, Lee Sin is in his popular AND powerful arc so banning him out this time around is probably in you best interests.

SEASON 14
PATCH 14.9 BAN TIER LIST

Skarner Unflopping

Despite the latest "nerfs" players are finding success with Skarner in high level gameplay which is trickling down to other tiers as well. He's got great trade power, excellent all-in and overall feels good to play now that people have gotten the hang of his kit. Meanwhile, Lee Sin is in his popular AND powerful arc so banning him out this time around is probably in you best interests.

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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]: Skarner, Blitzcrank, Draven, Pyke, Jinx
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Lee Sin, Thresh, Viego, Jhin

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Yasuo, Zed, Nautilus, Hwei

Platinum/Emerald

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Skarner, Blitzcrank, Darius
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Jinx, Jhin, Thresh

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

Gold 

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

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

Silver 

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

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

Bronze/Iron

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

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

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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