Best Champions Ban Tier List For Ranked by Rank - Patch 26.13 July 2026

Locke, Stock, and Two Smoking Bans

Locke is getting banned in more than two-thirds of games at Diamond+ and hasn't dropped much lower anywhere else on the ladder, easily the most feared pick of Patch 26.13 regardless of rank. Beyond him, Seraphine and Senna are the two names that show up as elite bans at basically every division, so don't sleep on either just because they don't have Locke's shock value.

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PATCH 26.13 BAN TIER LIST

Locke, Stock, and Two Smoking Bans

Locke is getting banned in more than two-thirds of games at Diamond+ and hasn't dropped much lower anywhere else on the ladder, easily the most feared pick of Patch 26.13 regardless of rank. Beyond him, Seraphine and Senna are the two names that show up as elite bans at basically every division, so don't sleep on either just because they don't have Locke's shock value.

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

1. Which champions could the enemy team pick that would really screw my team over?
2. Which champions could the enemy team pick that would really screw ME over?
3. Which of the champions above is the enemy team likely going to pick if it's not banned?
4. 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]: Seraphine, Quinn, Riven, Hwei, Senna, Bel'Veth
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Thresh, Nautilus, Jinx, Locke, Sylas

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Lee Sin, Graves

Emerald

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Seraphine, Senna, Nasus, Singed, Riven, Wukong
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Thresh, Jinx, Locke, Ashe, Garen

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Graves

Platinum

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Seraphine, Rammus, Nasus, Senna, Shyvana, Warwick
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Jinx, Thresh, Ashe, Miss Fortune, Garen

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Locke

Gold 

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Seraphine, Shyvana, Nasus, Senna, Rammus, Briar
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Miss Fortune, Lux, Jinx, Garen, Thresh

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Locke, Caitlyn

Silver 

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Rammus, Briar, Shyvana, Senna, Amumu, Veigar
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Miss Fortune, Lux, Seraphine, Master Yi, Yasuo

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Locke, Caitlyn

Bronze/Iron

God Tier [Likely/Should Bans]: Swain, Veigar, Rammus, Brand, Shyvana, Briar
Good Bans [Popular Strong Champions]: Miss Fortune, Seraphine, Lux, Master Yi, Warwick

Meh Bans [Probable But Unnecessary Bans]: Locke, Mel, Caitlyn, Blitzcrank, Mordekaiser

Method

To do this list, I pull directly from op.gg's per-tier statistics, going rank by rank instead of assuming Platinum and up all look the same. 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.

Explanations

Seraphine [God Tier, every division]

Seraphine is the single most consistent ban on this entire list: she posts the highest win rate of any champion at Diamond+, Emerald, Platinum, and Gold, and her pick rate is high enough at every rank that she's clearly not just a small-sample outlier. She's flexible between bot and support too, so banning her denies two roles at once.

Senna [God Tier, mid-to-high ranks]

Senna shows up in God Tier from Silver all the way to Diamond+, which is rare for a champion whose power depends on stacking souls over a full game. Once she has a lead she's one of the hardest bot/support hybrids to fight, and her win rate barely dips as rank increases, unlike most stat-check picks that fall off against better players.

Rammus [God Tier, Platinum and below]

Rammus is the sleeper pick of this patch. His ban rate is nowhere near the top of any list, which means most players still aren't banning him, but his win rate is a God Tier 53%+ at Platinum, Silver, and Bronze/Iron. If your lobby isn't banning him, someone on the enemy team probably knows something you don't.

Locke [Meh Bans, but only barely]

Locke is the headline story of 26.13: a ban rate north of 65% at Diamond+, Platinum, and Gold, and still over 40% even at Bronze/Iron. He only lands in Meh Bans because his win rate hovers right around 50% (and dips below it at lower ranks), but with a ban rate that high, most of you will never actually get the chance to find out if he's good in your own games anyway.

Mel [Meh Bans, Bronze/Iron]

Mel has the single highest ban rate of any non-Locke champion on this list at 35% in Bronze/Iron, despite a rough 45% win rate. That combination usually means one of two things: players are banning her out of pure annoyance from being hit by her kit, or her power is real but the execution is hard enough that only a fraction of the playerbase is pulling it off. Either way, she's clearly living in a lot of players' heads.

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