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@Riot: Any thoughts on Thresh?

Dramos·9/27/2015, 2:20:34 PM·5 votes·444 views

Well, I heard about your Marksman Update and I'm fine with that. I agree that a bunch of marksmen shouldn't go the "just position right and do some autohit stuff"-way with the same item build on nearly every Hypercarry.

But I am here to talk about Thresh: The champion who is the perfect First Aid of the AD Carry. Why? I think the statistic says more than words. Thresh is the second most picked Champion in all Ranked Games.

The reason for it is the fact that Thresh is just the ultimate Supporter. His Ability Kit includes:

  • Tankiness (tanky supporter are prefered in general, his passive allows him more armor in lategame)
  • Range (450, dammit. That's more than Urgot!)
  • A Hook (special form of grab; drags the enemy near to Thresh)
  • A dash (reactivated Q; brings himself (the tank!) to the center of the enemy team; perfect location for his ult)
  • The Lantern (Save his AD Carry or other allies just by clicking. With a range like 4xFlash!)
  • A small shield (W)
  • Poke potential (E-Passive)
  • A small knockup in a direction (E)
  • Two slows (E-slow (20-40%) and R-slow (99%). And both can hit multiple champions at once)

Which is really strong. Like...like really strong.

I think his kit is ok in basic, but I feel like he has too much of everything. So I wanted you to ask: We talked about the lack of Poppy and Taric, partly Shen, too. And the marksman-question. What are your thoughts on this Champion? Are there any plans for him, making him not the #1 Supporter of...all times!?

4 Comments

Sakura Mirage9/27/2015, 2:42:19 PM3 votes

Well since you are so keen on statistics a balanced champion has a 48-51% winrate usually since thresh's playerbase is so huge and only has a what 48% winrate which is a balanced champion.

Edit: since you don't want to address the other side of Thresh I may aswell No form of sustain Hook can be qss'ed or crucibled Hook has a huge wind up time giving the opponent an easier time to walk and dash Dash on hook can be stopped by cc example howling gale No form of poke (if you think 450 range is poke you're funny) No scaling mr (helps more than you think) No adc modifiers in kit (sona nami Janna etc) Souls can be seen by the enemy giving a sense of thresh is somewhere around this area.

khorney9/27/2015, 2:30:38 PM1 votes

thresh has a alot of cc time depending on if you pull it up right but it is dependent on landing your grab, im honestly more annoyed by morg and annie more so then thresh becuase annies cc is more reliable and morgs cc is the longest in the game plus she has a very annoying shield that prevents cc, you cant really make a number 1 supp becuase i do not like playing as him and not every one likes playign as the same supp. i prefer zil or taric more so then thresh 10 fold, i prefer zil to bring tons of extra damage to the team and i build ss and frost queens then zekes harb and then ludens you get my point and i prefer him becuase of the 30 sec ga and aoe stun slow speed up.