Composition Restrictions in Lower Ranks

If certain heroes are problematic to inexperienced players that exploit a fault in their behavior, like Zarya with bubbles, would it be worthwhile to remove their selection entirely so that the enemy team does not feel steamrolled? What about Support compositions that form that do not apply enough utility, or damage compositions that cannot deal damage a certain way?

It could prevent certain team compositions from forming that lack utility or do not have a lot of synergy with each other, while empowering a team to push forwards using a favorable matchup while locking out meta-picks that give TOO much value.

Imagine locking out a Lifeweaver because there are no dive heroes selected. Imagine locking out a Mei because a Junkrat was already chosen. This rule could encourage lower-ranked players to pick a hero that is more viable for their composition when they do not have the knowledge to do so.

While hero bans do exist, the system is designed to be antagonistic: you select the hero you wish to play and ban the heroes that can potentially counter you in hopes that your team will favor your bans. What I’m proposing is restricting heroes that have a disproportionate win rate in lower ranks relative to higher ones, which will ease the burden of banning meta-picks in the ban phase and instead allow you to focus more on selecting counters, and also restricting the heroes that other players on your team can pick when a teammate makes an initial pick.

I realize that this system is without flaws. For example, the ban phase may remove crucial counters to a composition that is very powerful, and without the meta-picks there is no clear way forwards in breaking through. However, this could be potentially addressed with reducing the hero ban pool, or restricting the heroes that synergize too well. A poke comp with Sigma, Ashe, and Freja could potentially be restricted with only the tank and one of the poke DPS, so that the poke synergy is not overpowering and the other DPS is encouraged to play Dive or Brawl.