Draft simulator and assistant

Ranked (Draft Pick)

• Draft Pick opens from the Epic rank.^[1]
• The number of bans depends on the highest rank in the match: 3 per team in Epic, 4 in Legend, 5 in Mythic and above.^[1][2]
• Both teams ban at the same time, over two rounds, so they can ban the same hero. The sources do not say how many bans fall in each round: the simulator groups them into one.^[2][3]
• Picks: blue 1, red 2, blue 2, red 2, blue 2, red 1. A banned or already picked hero cannot be picked.^[3]
• 25 seconds to ban, 30 to pick, per player. When time runs out, the ban stays empty and the pick is random: the game favours the player's most played heroes, which the simulator does not know, so it draws among heroes that fill an open lane.^[4][3]

1. Both · ban ×5
2. Blue · pick ×1
3. Red · pick ×2
4. Blue · pick ×2
5. Red · pick ×2
6. Blue · pick ×2
7. Red · pick ×1

Order in Mythic; in Epic and Legend only the number of bans changes.

Tournament (MPL, M-series)

• 10 bans in all, 5 per team.^[3][7]
• Bans are taken in turns, blue team (left) first, then picks in the same order as ranked.^[5][6]
• Picks: blue 1, red 2, blue 2, red 2, blue 2, red 1. A banned or already picked hero cannot be picked.^[3]
• On stage, leagues split these bans into two phases with picks in between. Our sources do not publish that order: the simulator sticks to what they document.

1. Blue · ban ×1
2. Red · ban ×1
3. Blue · ban ×1
4. Red · ban ×1
5. Blue · ban ×1
6. Red · ban ×1
7. Blue · ban ×1
8. Red · ban ×1
9. Blue · ban ×1
10. Red · ban ×1
11. Blue · pick ×1
12. Red · pick ×2
13. Blue · pick ×2
14. Red · pick ×2
15. Blue · pick ×2
16. Red · pick ×1