What to ban

A ban removes one champion from the game. Spend it on what hurts you or your team most, not only on what is popular.

How it works

If you know what you want to play, ban the champion that counters it hardest, or the one you least like facing in lane.

With no specific threat, a champion that is both strong and often picked this patch is a safe ban.

Check what your teammates are hovering before you ban, and don't spend a ban on a champion that rarely shows up at your rank.

Solo-queue bans are made before anyone has picked, so you are guessing what the enemy will play. Ban what would hurt your plan most whoever picks it.

Measured on ranked games and pro matches, read when this page was built. Follow the links for the full tables.

When a team has Jinx, it bans Twitch in 8.6% of games; the other team, which bans before seeing that pick, does so in 5.6%.
When a team has Jhin, it bans Tristana in 7.7% of games; the other team, which bans before seeing that pick, does so in 5.9%.
When a team has Caitlyn, it bans Xerath in 9.1% of games; the other team, which bans before seeing that pick, does so in 7.9%.
The difference is the ban a team spends because it is playing that champion: a sign of what players treat as its counter. Riot does not say which player cast a solo-queue ban.

What the champion communities say, with how many people said it. Opinion, not measured; disputed means others disagreed.

202 ideas from 113 champion communities, said by 1,231 people in all.

Ban strong or annoying champions.Aphelios community · 39 people
If you can't beat them, ban them.Vex community · 32 people
You can ban Vayne.Darius community · 30 people
Yasuo has a high ban rate and has been nerfed over time.Yasuo community · 24 people · disputed
Pick another jungler when Master Yi is banned.Master Yi community · 23 people
Ban specific champions.Mordekaiser community · 23 people

Draft a full game in the arena with bans, then see in the report which picks were graded down.