Edit: No changes have been made to the Ability & Build Bans. Based on your feedback, League administration has decided to revert the planned changes.
Thanks for the feedback Everyone. League Administration genuinely thought we were doing a good thing by this approach, but it turns out we were wrong. This most recent decision will be rolled back and no new bans will be put in place for this Winter season.
Regarding the timing, we didn’t know the timing of the WOC seasons when scheduling the ECL originally. When the new season started this week, we were a bit surprised by EA’s approach and decided to make a quick decision. But as we’ve now learned, it was the wrong one.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your swift and honest feedback. As we said in the original news story, the plan is to move away from Abilities for the Spring season, as that seems to be what the majority is asking for.
For the most current information on the Ability and Build Bans, see this article:
For transparency, you can still read the original article quoted below, but please know that this decision has been reverted.