Talk:Morgana/@comment-75.135.52.224-20120421134824/@comment-81.226.177.183-20120422144222

Morg is good in lane, in teamfights and she has good poke as well as a powerful CC and an anti-cc shield (which makes her difficult to gank). She's similar to kennen in that way as they are both powerful all around both in lane and out of lane, in early, mid and late game. I don't think she's OP but she is very well rounded and useful no matter what stage of the game you are in which is why people don't like playing against her. Isn't that a valid argument as to why she's banned?

Also Kassadin is often banned because he counters so many AP mids. He is very strong against any AP champion with his high mobility and silence which allows him to jump in and burst down his lane opponents without them being able to retaliate. In this case people ban him because he's a universal counter; almost anything put middle lane can be countered by kass and he needs to be countered with a non-traditional AP mid like urgot or talon. Finally Shaco is really strong early game due to his extremely strong ganks and his ability to shut down most champions early game and laning phase that they need to have an impact late game.

While some people may just ban without putting thought into it there is a reason why common bans are common. They are either strong champions or they're universal counters.