The five dominant players in the banned zone, the thorn in the side of the S45 peak tournament, Wang Wei was the first to be relegated to the sidelines. (Part Two)

With high stats and a strong mechanism, it's no wonder that top-tier players have relegated her to the sidelines. She's already difficult to deal with in the top lane, and then they add a support like Haiyue to pull people into the illusion. Even a few flashes aren't enough. Don't forget that the support's debuffs aren't very strong either. Teaming up with the bottom lane, they're in a mess, creating a huge output space, letting the marksman's arrows fly everywhere. To catch the thief, you have to catch the king first. To target squishy heroes, you also have to remove their best bodyguard.

Dunshan

With a 5.3% pick rate, 54.4% win rate, and 70.7% ban rate in peak matches, it's easy to imagine how much the entire community hates him. Initially, the rework made him difficult to handle, lifting up marksmen and combining them into a single mobile unit, which made solo queue difficult to coordinate. However, as time went on, everyone gradually discovered Dunshan's advantages. Paired with marksmen with long attack and recovery animations, he could achieve mobile output, much like the "Fog Travels Through Mountains" skill. He solved the disadvantage of standing still. Li Xin's charged sword aura and Lu Ban No. 7's sweeping attack perfectly complemented even Cao Cao's melee attacks. Just like Yao's possession shield mechanism, once combined, it's too difficult to separate, and banning him is the only way to counter it. Forget about playing him in peak matches, even ranked matches are unplayable.

Shao Siyuan

Supports are notoriously difficult to play, especially in the current version where roaming champions are particularly hard to play. With the introduction of the 10-ban system, over half of the bans are for supports, with mages being a rare exception. Closely following is Shao Si Yuan, with a 50.2% win rate, 14.7% pick rate, and 62.3% ban rate in high-level ranked matches. She was officially nerfed, and the average player wasn't going to forgive her, banning her. This is understandable given her special treatment; she was once the first champion to skip the Brave and Epic tiers, and upon her debut, she secured the legendary title from the Fox Spirit Matchmaker collaboration. She's incredibly agile and mobile, with a gold-stealing mechanic, a powerful kick that interrupts skills, and excellent ganking and sustain abilities. In the early laning phase, she doesn't even need to reach level 2 to secure a first kill with the marksman.

It shouldn't be too difficult to counter Shao Siyuan; everyone knows how to deal with her in actual combat. But with another parasitic support like the Flea, you dare bring Zhang Liang to counter her agile movement? This troublemaker just loves to kick you, interrupting your spellcasting, enhancing your basic attack, and trading your ultimate's cooldown for a chance to win. How worthwhile, how stylish!

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