Kassadin Maokai Time
Lots of Kassadin gameplay this patch with the latest buffs to Rod of Ages, leaving him quite strong. Meanwhile, almost every tier is seeing a decent amount of Maokai gameplay making life difficult for this particular Maokai main...


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PATCH 13.1 BAN TIER LIST
PATCH 13.1 BAN TIER LIST
Kassadin Maokai Time
Lots of Kassadin gameplay this patch with the latest buffs to Rod of Ages, leaving him quite strong. Meanwhile, almost every tier is seeing a decent amount of Maokai gameplay making life difficult for this particular Maokai main...
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.
God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Kassadin, Draven, Maokai, FioraOptimal Bans
Diamond+
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Nami
Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Sylas, Yuumi, Zed
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Platinum
God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Kassadin, Maokai, Fiora, Samira, Draven
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Kai'Sa, Jhin, Nami
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Kai'Sa, Jhin, Nami
Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Zed, Sylas, Yuumi
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Gold 
God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Kassadin, Samira, Morgana, Darius, Maokai
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Kai'Sa, Jhin, Lux
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Kai'Sa, Jhin, Lux
Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Zed, Sylas, Yuumi,
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Silver 
God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Samira, Morgana, Kassadin, Blitzcrank
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Caitlyn, Kai'Sa, Lux, Maokai
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Caitlyn, Kai'Sa, Lux, Maokai
Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Zed, Darius, Sylas, Yuumi
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Bronze/Iron
God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Samira, Morgana, Blitzcrank, Master Yi
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Lux, Jhin, Maokai, Kassadin
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Lux, Jhin, Maokai, Kassadin
Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Zed, Darius
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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