Is his Q animation. Don't get me wrong, 7/10 I will land my hooks so I can't really complain all that much. However it's so annoying for me to try to land the hook as soon as possible, only to experience what feels like 5 slow years to just wind up and toss out my hook. I do appreciate that it's there since it gives players a chance to quickly react and reposition themselves.
Noxian Pride4 votes(Note that this is just an assumption of mine. I don't know 100% for sure.)
The windup partially is balancing for a mechanic that only Thresh's Q has: He doesn't face the direction he's throwing the hook until he's already thrown it.
To quote the wiki
Thresh's Death Sentence ability has a unique quirk; unlike most spells with a windup casting time, Thresh does not face the specific direction he is casting the ability until he actually sends out the hook. CertainlyT deliberately designed the ability to fit in with Thresh's theme of causing terror in his enemies.
Adding on to that, the windup animation/sound are probably also part of the 'theme' CertainlyT was going for. People know it's coming, they just don't know where exactly.
khorney1 votesbiggest gripe with thresh is he has a chain but his aa is considered a range attack while gp q which is a pistol is considered a melee attack. the reason i bring that up is youll never be able to use rlic shield becuase its for melee champs
Noxian Pride2 votesbiggest gripe with thresh is he has a chain but his aa is considered a range attack while gp q which is a pistol is considered a melee attack. the reason i bring that up is youll never be able to use rlic shield becuase its for melee champs
Actually Relic shield is very common on Thresh, because the bonus damage from his Flay combined with his attack being ranged lets him utilize it relatively safely despite not getting the execute. This is one of the main reasons most Thresh players will start with E instead of Q at level 1.
Funnily enough, most players actually think it's a bug that he doesn't get the relic execute, when it's working as intended.
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khorney1 votesthats why people will role with talismen and ruby ss. i liek to get ruby and the supp item becuase its a win win.20%cdr on active items
Noxian Pride2 votes...Did you actually read any of what I put in? Because I'm not entirely sure how the two are connected :x
khorney1 votesyah i did. and people will take talisman becuase A. you gain more gold then relic hsield B. you cant use the stacks on relic shield effectively.
Noxian Pride2 votesExcept you can use them effectively because the extra damage from Flay's passive, combined with the lack of a 'travel time' on your auto makes your lack of an execute not matter. And unlike the coin, Relic gives you and your ADC sustain, which is one of the reasons it's preferred.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying coin is bad. It's actually really good if you'd rather have the cheap CDR over sustain. Relic shield is far from unviable on Thresh though.
khorney1 votesyou actually have better sustain using talis man over face fo the mountian. not getting caught and or engaging for kills off the passive as well as mana regen and lets not forget armor
DarkRitual1 votesYou can kinda hide the animation by casting Flay IMMEDIATELY after Death Sentence. The sound still plays, so it doesn't work as well as players get more experienced.
