User blog comment:Nhan-Fiction/LEAGUE OF LEGENDS MUST EXPAND ITS BANNING PHASE/@comment-3003548-20160401110501/@comment-3003548-20160402215134

I agree.

I wouldn't mind seeing something like banning for player A1 and player B1, then picking for player A1 and B1, and so forth, but it leaves too many "probably very likely unbalanced" first picks open and enhances the power of first position. I kind of like the idea of early bans being tied to early picks, so I like this approach for that, as opposed to the current system. As such, it'd be hard for me to avoid first position being pretty strong, but that's something I can stand. To fix the issues, my first thought is to make it closer to Captain's Draft / current banning by keeping the 3 initial bans on each side, but putting them on the first 3 players on each side. I also like League's system of picking 2 at a time (other than 1st/last pick) to ensure some strategy coming through (Captain's does it once, for B), though in the subtleties of pro scene I'm sure it has its ups and downs; some of that is because of lack of bans, so that's something. Let's try mapping this out:

[ * means this side first. ]

--(3 Bans each, 1st 3 positions:)--


 * [pA1 bans | pB1 bans]


 * [pA2 bans | pB2 bans]


 * [pA3 bans | pB3 bans]

--(3 picks each, 1st 3 positions, alternating:)--


 * pA1 picks | pB1 picks --(A gets 1st pick)

pA2 picks | pB2 picks * --(B gets a double pick.)


 * pA3 picks | pB3 picks --(A gets a double pick.)

--(Final 2 bans and picks mixed:)--

[pA4 bans | pB4 bans] *

pA4 picks | pB4 picks * --(B gets a double pick.)


 * [pA5 bans | pB5 bans]


 * pA5 picks | pB5 picks --(A gets a double pick, B gets last pick.)

---Alternatively, last 2 positions don't get double picks:---


 * [pA4 bans | pB4 bans]


 * pA4 picks | pB4 picks


 * [pA5 bans | pB5 bans]


 * pA5 picks | pB5 picks --(B gets last pick.)

All of this would, of course, be accompanied by compentant visuals to keep players well engaged in what is taking place when, and not simply just "indicated" somehow. I think League somewhat fails in this currently.