So sick of seeing Thresh every game..

1001010001000101··17 votes·1,986 views

He is honestly one of the most frustrating champs to play against, yet he get's picked every other game because his kit is hella strong...So what do you guys usually do to beat him? Because it seem's everything I try is wrong

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Fadedpf8 votes

Need ingage? Use Hook. Need more? Buy item 3069 or item 3800 or BOTH!

Taking too much damage? Flaw away. Not enough? Defensive hook. Not enough? Lantern has a sheild. Not enough? Use item 3069 or item 3401

Not doing enough damage? Your "ranged" auto attacks will deal a ton of damage! You will also get free AP to do more damage on your spells that are already have high damage for a support!

Still taking too much damage? You get free armor with your ap souls too.

Need a gank? Lantern

Team mate dying? Lantern

Need vision now? Lantern

Too risky to get souls? Lantern

Hooked your enemy but its likely they can dash away? Press R and watch as they arent able to run away at all!

Thresh has fucking everything the kit and tools for any situation. Honestly no reason not to play him other that you can't heal like nami or soraka

Cloud2736 votes

I've been sick of him since his release. This isn't anything new. He's always been broken.

Níx4 votes

They need to level the playing field tbh. Bard didn't change anything, nor do I think Tahm Kench will...

Midder Scray1 votes

Tahm's got a new support concept to him though, at least to LoL. There are no other supports in the game right now that can actually do what Tahm can do. There are champs that let teammates escape enemies, like Thresh obviously with his lantern, but there are no supports that can actually pick teammates up and carry them to safety. Tahm is a whole new level of support

insaiyanbacca4 votes

idk how your seeing him every game cause im not and honestly he has more counter play when hes good then most other supports

ShaftyMegee1 votes

It honestly depends on the threah. I find very aggressive threshs hard to play against (if I'm naut I don't care), and the passive threshes pretty easy

YumaS2Astral4 votes

This can be applied to just about every champion, though. Every champion can play aggressively to win. It is a high risk, high reward strategy. High risk because you are on risk of taking free damage, being ganked, dying if you do a misplay or dive incorrectly... High reward because you have more chances of zoning, dominating, and killing your enemy laner.

Hide on Brush1 votes

some champs u play passive you lose, thresh one of them. theres no reason not to be aggressive on thresh unless you like losing

Audiomancy1 votes

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This can be applied to just about every champion, though. Every champion can play aggressively to win. It is a high risk, high reward strategy. High risk because you are on risk of taking free damage, being ganked, dying if you do a misplay or dive incorrectly... High reward because you have more chances of zoning, dominating, and killing your enemy laner.

I'd love to see someone getting zoned by Soraka.

kile1471 votes

It's hard to say how to counter thresh when thresh tends to play different based on who he is with, but here are some general tips. Overall I'd say dodge his hook (which has a long wind-up and gives you time to duck behind minions) and punish him when he tries to poke you with his flay. Thresh's flay gives him some poke, but it doesn't add that much damage and since he doesn't have much innate tankiness or sustain poking him back harder will stop him from doing that pretty quickly. His lantern can be stood on in order to prevent his adc from clicking on it, and although not super widely known being slienced prevents you from clicking it, so having Soraka put her silence zone on top of the lantern makes it a lot harder to use.

Sukishoo1 votes

Lulu Morgana that's what I do.

76Summers1 votes

he has low starting armor so poking him down usually works...

MrBuffington1 votes

If you have good reflexes with a spell shield, Morgana is good. I usually play Braum into hook champions since I'm usually tanky enough to eat a hook and hop back to safety. Pay attention to when they're throwing a hook, since it can be fairly easy to read most of the time. A good way to learn to dodge a certain champion's skill shots is to play the champion yourself, so you know when you would throw the skill shot and what to look out for when you're against them. Theoretically, poke champs beat hard engage since you can poke them down so they're too weak to engage, but that depends on your level of comfort on the champion. If your good at Zyra or something you might be able to out harass and can also use plants as a shield, but I wouldn't recommend this unless your really comfortable on Zyra, since she's very squishy and is pretty much dead if you make a mistake. You can also try Leona or Alistar, since they're tanky enough to take a hook, and the hook helps you out a bit by bringing you closer to hard engage on the enemy (this is a better strategy vs Blitz, but still applies to some degree)

LadyRenly1 votes

Thresh is the living definition of a good support. He does great stuff, but can't really carry like other "supports" aka second mid laners like Annie

viken1 votes

poke supports are your best friend

Silents4291 votes

His lockdown is a bit BS, once your hooked you are literally hooked and he can keep you in his control for a long time.

In lane against him, I find ignoring him if he ever manages to get you and going for the ADC to be the best, ensure your support does the same, because once he uses up his abilities all he can do is smack you while other supports are pretty decent at CC as well, just a timing matter, practice really.

Dreadlocks1 votes

I get out the Ban Hammer.

FastAsHeck1 votes

at least he has counterplay. i prefer being a support against thresh than a midlaner against leblanc.

adkoralmighty1 votes

am i the only guy who literately cant play thresh?

im awful with that champ

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