why isnt ancient coin on thresh more popular?

resumed··1 votes·637 views

ever since the ancient coin changes i've been trying it on tank supports like Taric, but i've found the most success with Thresh (which is weird, considering taric actually scales with armor)

no messing up the adc's csing with item 3302, with more reliable health regen to boot. meaning you can use your empowered flay autos for poke. it has mana regen, meaning you can lantern for the souls when pressured without fearing going oom.

better, it builds into item 3069, which gives thresh everything he wants; armor, health regen, cdr, AND movspeed (which is AMAZING on thresh).

i've found that the talisman active also works extremely well at allowing allies to follow up on your hook initiation (as lantern can only bring one other person) and it's overall better at protecting allies than the item 3401 active because positioning is just so much more important than a 10% max hp shield when you're not really stacking health.

it just seems like the better choice in almost all situations, can anyone tell me why it isnt that popular?

12 Comments

ThePartyLeader3 votes

I need targons sheild, lockets sheild, my lanterns sheild, and exhaust to stop yasuo from one shotting my adc.

resumed1 votes

tfw not even a 99% slow can keep him off the adc

Strawberrycocoa1 votes

Slows only stop immobile champions, like tanks and bruisers. Slows don't mean shit to gap closers.

Maximum Morde2 votes

Some people do coin on him. Both are viable.

Flaherty1 votes

I think that it's because for so long coin was the worst item that people didn't bother trying it out when it was buffed, I know I didn't until recently

Very Hard Engage1 votes

its just less gold than mountain.

in addition thresh doesn't need to get any closer, his hook range is more than sufficient. he has plenty of peel for a team mate and so the escape is redundant, mountain at least shields a little bit of damage and can keep someone alive if need be. he can also build item 3800 although out of favor, it can accomplish a similar task.

in terms of escape, true, coin is more useful, but lantern does it for his team mate and hes not going to need it for himself.... if hes out of position theres no1 to save a support.

Jinzo Torrance1 votes

Because this item 3401 and 5 item 3083 are the only you can do against most assassin.

Sanctimonious1 votes

Aggro support. The health back is really nice for your adc during laning.

darkmatchwaldo1 votes

My duo buddy is a Thresh main and basically only ever uses it. I'm a huge fan personally. It gives you the extra chase or peel when playing immobile ADC's like Ashe

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

its not more popular because people wanna be active in lane and with item 3302 they feel like if they last hit that cs they are doing something. but in all honesty its a lil tricky to proc the execute on item 3302 as Thresh due to him not being a melee support. item 3069 is a far better option and provides more stats and utility over all. if im playing a tank support role i start with item 3302 and mid game when we leave lane phase i change over to a item 3069 expect on thresh i start item 3301 and rush item 3096 item 1001 item 2049 and hope to get all three by my 2nd back

Truly Prideful1 votes

When I played a lot of support I ran coin on him. Talisman is a fun item on him if you like another tool to set up big plays. I think it's a solid pickup, it just doesn't offer any sustain to the ADC so there's that.

Requiemsfire1 votes

Because Thresh is squishy as hell early game.

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