Best Champions Ban Tier List For Ranked Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum

After Sivir’s latest rework she’s performing incredibly well at all divisions except for Bronze where she doesn’t seem to be picked up at all. Meanwhile, heavy late-game champions like Bel’Veth and Master Yi excel at lower divisions where closing games out proves to be difficult, but tend to be fairly average the higher up you go.

SEASON 12
PATCH 12.13 BAN TIER LIST

Sivir Outperforming, Nilah…Not

Check out the full list below!

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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

Which champions could the enemy team pick that would really screw my team over?
Which champions could the enemy team pick that would really screw ME over?
Which of the champions above is the enemy team likely going to pick if it’s not banned?
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]: Fiora, Wukong
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Sivir, Diana, Seraphine

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Nilah, Bel’veth, Yuumi, Master Yi

Platinum

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Yuumi, Darius
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Sivir, Diana, Jhin

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Nilah, Bel’Veth, Master Yi, Zed

Gold

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

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Nilah,

Silver

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

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

Bronze/Iron

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Bel’Veth, Master Yi
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Morgana, Blitzcrank, Morgana

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: 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.