No More Monkey Business

The new Wukong “buffs” have made him incredibly powerful, and players across all divisions are experiencing this firsthand. Meanwhile, banning Aphelios is almost a waste of a ban, given his current pick and win rate. Most divisions would benefit from banning other broken champions like Miss Fortune or Garen.

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Banning Thought Process

1. Identify Problematic Champions: Which champions could the enemy team pick to severely impact my team?
2. Personal Impact: Which champions could the enemy team pick to severely impact me?
3. Likely Picks: Which of these champions is the enemy team likely to pick if not banned?
4. Likely Bans: Which of these champions is the enemy team probably going to ban?

Optimal Bans

Diamond+

• God Tier (Likely/Should Bans): Wukong, Darius, Senna, Kassadin
• Good Bans (Popular Strong Champions): Miss Fortune, Ekko
• Meh Bans (Probable But Unnecessary Bans): Yasuo, Morgana, Aphelios

Platinum

• God Tier (Likely/Should Bans): Wukong, Darius, Senna, Nautilus, Sett
• Good Bans (Popular Strong Champions): Miss Fortune, Ekko
• Meh Bans (Probable But Unnecessary Bans): Yasuo, Morgana, Aphelios

Gold

• God Tier (Likely/Should Bans): Darius, Wukong, Morgana, Sett, Nautilus, Senna
• Good Bans (Popular Strong Champions): Miss Fortune, Ekko
• Meh Bans (Probable But Unnecessary Bans): Yasuo, Aphelios

Silver

• God Tier (Likely/Should Bans): Darius, Morgana, Sett, Wukong, Master Yi
• Good Bans (Popular Strong Champions): Miss Fortune, Garen, Ekko
• Meh Bans (Probable But Unnecessary Bans): Yasuo

Bronze/Iron

• God Tier (Likely/Should Bans): Darius, Yasuo, Sett, Morgana, Master Yi
• Good Bans (Popular Strong Champions): Wukong, Garen
• Meh Bans (Probable But Unnecessary Bans): Darius, Zed, Aphelios

Method

To create this list, I start with statistical data from sites like leagueofgraphs.com. I then separate the most banned champions into “God Tier” or “Meh Bans” based on win rate and popularity. Finally, I analyze both win rate and popularity by division and add good bans for each division.

Explanations

• Simplify the List: To make this list faster to put together, feel free to ask questions in the comments section below!