Thresh > Every Other Support?

Rynozilla·4/13/2017, 5:57:30 PM·2 votes·1,136 views

I'm genuinely confused, like, I'm thinking about buying and maining Thresh. As a support main, I've played (and seen be played) every support champ, usually multiple times by now, but I still don't get one thing... Why is Thresh better than almost every support I can think of? Sure, different supports do different things, like some buff, heal, empower basic attacks, etc., but Thresh is just so impactful that none of that matters when compared to his kit. I initially didn't wanna play Thresh because everyone played him, and I hate playing common/overused champions. So, TL;DR, why play any other support champ when you can play Thresh?

8 Comments

Paquay4/13/2017, 6:24:36 PM2 votes

Thresh isn't necessarily better, but he is more general. He fits in well with almost any team comp. His kit also allows him to be very effective even from behind. The drawback of Thresh is that if you don't have good teammates that understand how to use him, it greatly reduces his effectiveness. Nothing like getting setup for a good turret dive, land a hook, toss a latern, go in, then look behind you to see your 325 MS jungler taking 5 seconds to run in.

Another support that I find truly fun to play and is very good in most all team comps is Zilean. Another champion who, even if behind, can be extremely effective. The biggest difference is when you get an early lead Threah can use that to get tanky. Zilean uses it to become a second APC.

Lil Lewd Witch4/13/2017, 6:01:21 PM1 votes

Because most players can't land Death Sentence to save their life. He is an "Easy to learn, hard to master" champion. Plus a lot of players dont realize the threat of Thresh's hook can be more powerful than tossing it out ASAP off cooldown.

TheJakeinator4/13/2017, 6:02:00 PM1 votes

There are plenty of other champions that do exactly what thresh does but don't require any skill to do it.

Hes a decent support but is not god Tier due to that fact

Also, why pick thresh when you can pick an AP support and just kill the ADC. Thats what the meta is right now

OurLestrade4/13/2017, 6:19:58 PM1 votes

It's weird, but ever since the keystone masteries came out I've been borderline incapable of playing Thresh. I went from a two year main to dropping him completely.

Carrie Pigeon4/13/2017, 6:28:24 PM1 votes

Thresh has a bit of everything. His lantern helps your ally escape, he has cc for days, engage/disengage. Along with this he has decent scalings. Other champs essentially do what thresh does but to a more extreme say Blitz for engage, Janna for disengage (much better than thresh E R imo) or Tahm W for escape.

There are also supports who do things Thresh can only dream of such as Sorakas healings, Zileans revive, etc. It's all about finding what you value in a support and going on from there.