Best Champions Ban Tier List For Ranked Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum | Diamond - Patch 13.20 October 2022

End of Season Grind

As we come to the end of season 13 players are starting to move towards old favorites to close out their season strong. Older champions like Jinx and Graves are back in the mix, and lower division players are leaning on Garen to pull out a few easy lane wins. Meanwhile, Briar is continues to dominate the top of the chart in her relatively broken state at all levels.

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PATCH 13.20 BAN TIER LIST

End of Season Grind

As we come to the end of season 13 players are starting to move towards old favorites to close out their season strong. Older champions like Jinx and Graves are back in the mix, and lower division players are leaning on Garen to pull out a few easy lane wins. Meanwhile, Briar is continues to dominate the top of the chart in her relatively broken state at all levels.

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]: Briar, Blitzcrank
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Ezreal, Graves, Thresh, Sylas

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Zed, Draven, Nautilus

Platinum/Emerald

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

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Zed, Yasuo, Darius, Samira

Gold

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

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

Silver

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

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

Bronze/Iron

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

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

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.