This is basically the crux of the issue. Akaliβs win rate is really not out of line in all elos but she is very frustrating to play against. Iβm glad to finally say: just ban her. Ban rate will be accounted for in our new balancing strategy, though a champions ban rate needs to be abnormally high for it to trigger us to make a move. (Like 5x avg ban rate). I can also ask the team to do some diligence around analyzing the deviation of win-rate for Akali on a per player basis and see if it is wildly larger than other champs. Using that type of data can be tricky though and it would be unfair of us to only apply it to Akali if we started using it.