Why would anyone not pick Thresh?

fuffychan · 2017-08-03T04:54:54.280Z

Stupid amounts of CC Gets super tank for free Is ranged and deals massive damage with autos for no reason Lands one skill is a guaranteed kill Free get out of jail free card

fuffychan·Aug 3, 2017·9 votes·582 views

Stupid amounts of CC
Gets super tank for free
Is ranged and deals massive damage with autos for no reason
Lands one skill is a guaranteed kill
Free get out of jail free card

24 Comments

Big LincolnAug 3, 201711 votes

other team already picked him

SlythionAug 3, 20173 votes

when they're picking Janna or Lulu :^)

meowwow7Aug 3, 20171 votes

or Alistar Taric

Ben SwoIoAug 3, 20171 votes

Ahh, the easy to use super reliant peeling and shielding Janna / Lulu supports. I see everyone would still rather cry about Thresh though.

fuffychanAug 3, 20171 votes

Because neither of those champions do anything useful? Thresh lands one skill instakill. Oh and hes also super tank and with 5 times the CC. But okay.

JesuszillaAug 3, 20172 votes

Wait wait wait. Janna is the HIGHEST winrate support in the game atm and she "doesn't do anything useful?"

I guess a strong shield that grants AD and allows for easily winning trades in lane is nothing.

An aoe knockup that can interrupt dashes when people try and engage on you is nothing.

The single best disengage ultimate in the game that completely resets a fight is nothing.

Movespeed and slows that allow your adc to kite out those powerful melee targets is nothing.

The definition of nothing has really changed these days...

Ethan AllenAug 3, 20171 votes

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when they're picking or :^)

Man Janna makes landing hooks such a pain to land hooks on. Doesn't help with item 3301 's questline that gives allies EVEN MORE Move speed.

Zykklon BAug 3, 20173 votes

Skillshots reliant

Only a good Thresh knows how to use his E

VallalanAug 3, 20172 votes

because to abuse him properly you have to play him at a high level which takes a long time to do. to play him is one thing. to win with him and master him is another.

I don't think most players should touch him. even if you do well in lane usually they don't know what to do out of it or how to abuse his roam potential, etc.

He's really too good all around. but to say he gets super tank for free is a joke. He gets a lot of scaling armor with passive but he also gets no scaling armor by default and his base ad is hideously low. he's actually pretty squishy if he doesn't build armor and isn't constantly picking souls.

he's more strong right now because colossus and relic shield passive quest make him less squishy which used to be one of his defining weaknesses.

Mighty MorteinAug 3, 20172 votes

Relatively slow engaging skill-shot. His flay and ult kinda need the hook to be useful unless he gets in range.
While he gets souls for armour, his armour doesn't scale per level. Plus, you get around 50-100 in a game. Souls also slowly lose value after time.
His "massive damage" auto attacks do have a timer. One hit and the rest are non-threatening until it charges again.
Oh, so just like Blitzcrank? His hook is far easier to dodge. He is basically reliant on that hook.
Just place a trinket on the lantern. Or CC the user.

5000000000000000Aug 3, 20172 votes

This applies to so so many champions. Ahri charm, Camille ult, Anivia Q, Veigar E, etc.

Akali is SO HOTAug 3, 20172 votes

Because Janna is broken and gives you free wins atm.

KoKobotoAug 3, 20172 votes

Because in ARAM you don't get to pick your champion.

DunkinNoobsAug 3, 20172 votes

Jannas winrate is 8% higher and she's never banned, so there's a pretty good reason.

KVbqbFsC8eAug 3, 20172 votes

Not enough IP/RP to buy him.

RankOneUgandaAug 3, 20172 votes

thresh really is a weird champion. he has the lane strength of a ranged. maybe not completely. but he has all in pressure at all times with no flash. unlike blitz. at the same time. he has the safety of a ranged champion. because he doesnt have to be in melee range to last hit or harass

at the same time. he has the engage power and the pick potential of a melee like blitz and alistar

??????? I don't get the idea behind all this. seems a little too much and not sacrificing anything for it.

I Love ThreshAug 3, 20172 votes

cuz he banned.

oSEXYPLATYPUSoAug 3, 20171 votes

cuz ill just play maokai support

meowwow7Aug 3, 20171 votes

you only get tanky if they don't try to punish you for collecting
it's his e mixed with his passive
not always but mostly
unless his lantern is like the one in dark star i wouldn't say fully

OurLestradeAug 3, 20171 votes

Ever since Keystones came out I've found him really awkward to play myself, even though he was my main for a year prior. Going up against Threshes that think they're tanky early game as Taric is always fun, very easy to beat the snot out of them.

Shuyin178Aug 3, 20171 votes

Because I have more fun playing Leona.

Liquid Poro Aug 3, 20171 votes

I'm focusing the new support. I will bring thresh back soon.

JesuszillaAug 3, 20171 votes

Janna actually is a better overall support atm. Thresh is a powerful lane bully and he has the ability to grant mobility, engage, and a small bit of disengage. He does some things particularly well but is weaker in other areas.

Janna however offers huge disengage and teamfight potential against most comps, as well as lane protection for an adc. Thresh is great for trying to win your lane, but if you can't secure the kills on the bot lane he has a harder time keeping the adc alive. Janna can allow those adcs to get to their late game farm and deny anyone interrupting you.

Thresh is great if you want strong engage and the ability to bully the lane, Janna is great if you need to protect an adc and cultivate them into a monster.

Other champions have their merits too. Personally I particularly like Taric right now. With lethality being a thing that little boost of Armor can really help your ADC surviving those early points of the game as it can help to negate the benefit of the lethality itself as well as offering some powerful crowd control if you are good at landing the stun from multiple targets.