User blog comment:Sifter66/Picking the Right Champion/@comment-16494910-20150412155327

When having your champ banned, it is best to pick a champ that;

1) You are good as, you like their playstyle and have positive experience with. They don't have to be your main, who you play a lot. They are your casual champ you've played before and are familiar with.

2) Champs that your comp needs. Are we too squishy? Need CC? Poke? Waveclear? Magic/physical DPS?

3) Champs you think is easy to carry as. Carrying doesn't necessarily mean that you should get fed, but that you greatly influence the game in the favor of your team.

For me, a good example is Leona, who if fed can be invicible and still be useful as hell when behind. She is the person who dictates when teamfights start and can catch people out of position for easy objectives.

Counterpicking is not as important as people think, it mostly influences the laning phase. I feel myself that games are won mostly because of lategame miscommunication on the enemy team.