Thresh is the perfect example of player reward and champion unhealthiness all at once

Tik115··5 votes·322 views

So, we all know that while alot of supports step into a few areas they are primarily set into a role.

We have your supports that are all about healing with the goal of out sustaining the enemy Soraka

These are countered by bursty all in/pick supports who catch out a champion and lock them down with CC Nautilus Nami Leona Blitzcrank Alistar Annie Zyra

These are countered by peel supports who while they can use their skills to initiate are much better using them for defense Braum Janna Lulu TahmKench(I know, Tahm deals damage, i get it) TaricZilean Morgana

These are countered by poke supports, who just wittle one or both of the enemies down and shove them out of lane (though these are also countered by all in/pick supports Sona Nunu Karma Bard

Which are countered by healing supports and the cycle continues

Then there's Thresh, who's apperance from day 1 killed support champion variety.

For one he has the all in power, a stun which he can gap close, a knock-up, a 99% slow so he can deal with heal supports and poke supports Next he has alot of peel, again his E his ult and his lantern, so that counters All in and to a lesser extent pick supports Next his E passive means his basic attacks HURT so he can poke down protect supports.

The only thing he lacks is healing which means only poke supports have the advan-wait he also has all in power

Since Thresh now has fingers in 3 of the 4 support pies no support can outright "counter" him like other supports can, this just flat out makes him the most unhealthy support hell the most unhealthy champion in the game

And yet he gives people playing him the most satisfaction.

Lets look at Blitzcrank, if you land a hook then your rewarded at that, but now your just waiting there for it to come of cooldown, Thresh however can be rewarded landing a hook, or saving a carry, or preventing a 4 man gank from chasing which to many players is great.

So I have to wonder a few things

for one is Riot planning on giving the other supports a helping hand or Thresh a light tap to stop him from preventing support diversity

for two Does riot consider Thresh a good champion? like in terms of healthiness to the support role and for player reward?

3 Comments

DrNova1 votes

Upvote just for having healthy poll options.

And I think he is rewarding but not unhealthy. He is strong but that's not a bad thing. Newer supports are more up to date with current meta's.

I've seen more then enough people suck with thresh, he is by no means a garunteed win. I can outplay a good thresh and I'm just a bronze.

He has options but he is a pretty straightforward champ to play against.

Tik1151 votes

oh by no means is he a gaurenteed win but a good thresh in the higher elos tends to outshine any other support champion in what they do simply due to him being a damn near jack of all trades support and those kinds of champions not having a "Master of none" part of them.

chipndip11 votes

Soraka isn't countered by Annie

Taric is HORRIBLE for peeling since he can only stop one person at a time

Janna actually counters Sona...

Thresh is countered in two ways: Poking his side down without getting caught or out-sustaining his ass regardless of what he's doing. If you can poke, heal/shield, or both, you probably can counter Thresh in-lane.

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