Best Champions Ban Tier List For Ranked Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum | Diamond - Patch 13.5 March 2022

After his range buffs in patch 13.4 Veigar rapidly gained popularity as a both a mid and bot lane champion. He’s incredibly strong right now and worth a ban given high high plan rate. Meanwhile, despite Xayah’s nerfs this patch she continues to be a very strong pick, especially with how strong Rakan is in the current patch.

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PATCH 13.5 BAN TIER LIST

Veigar Gaining Popularity

After his range buffs in patch 13.4 Veigar rapidly gained popularity as a both a mid and bot lane champion. He’s incredibly strong right now and worth a ban given high high plan rate. Meanwhile, despite Xayah’s nerfs this patch she continues to be a very strong pick, especially with how strong Rakan is in the current patch.

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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]: Aurelion Sol, Yuumi, Xayah, Jax, Veigar
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Thresh, Jinx

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

Platinum

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Aurelion Sol, Yuumi, Veigar
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Kai’Sa, Jinx, Xayah

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Zed, Morgana, Darius

Gold

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Aurelion Sol, Yuumi, Blitzcrank, Veigar
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Jinx, Lux, Jhin

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

Silver

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Aurelion Sol. Yuumi, Blitzcrank
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Lux, Jinx, Veigar

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

Bronze/Iron

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

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