Hey Guys,
Just a quick question for you, but why do people build him[
] to be a Tank even though he is tagged as Support/Fighter?
Wouldn't you want to build him to be more like Kayle, since they have the same tags?
Also, any items that are musts on Thresh would be nice to put in your replies as well. :3
Thanks!
Here's why:
Thresh has awkward mixed scalings. AP is bad on him because a lot of damage he does is delayed so he can't exactly burst and while full crit AD "electric death thresh" build is friggin hilarious (Infinity Edge, Statikk Shiv, Trinity Force, Last Whisper, Bloodthirster, Youmuus Ghostblade for reference) and with it you can often just hook+autoattack someone for all their HP, I don't tend to build that unless we're up like, eight kills a tower and a dragon 10 minutes in. So, damage builds don't work great.
Thresh's Q flay and ult all want him right in the middle of the action. Ranged autos aside, he's honestly closer to Leona than Blitzcrank, he can't pull people THAT far out of position. The hook is pretty much a stun+gapcloser.
He's pretty darn mana-efficient for a support. He's not a Sona, or Soraka who have to keep spamming one move for poke damage to stay relevant-thresh waits for an opportunity, then rock'n'rolls. You can win fights with one lantern and a well placed QER combo if you're smart, while Soraka would need to QQQ oh no ally's hurt RWWWWWW oh no someone's diving EQ-you get the idea.
My general purpose Thresh build is this:
Start: Relic Shield, ward, red potion. Yes Relic Shield. When you go up to harass the enemy, autoattack them, then hit flay to kill a couple low HP minions. Or just use your flay bonus to smack a minion.
First Priority: Sightstone. Second Priority: Targons Brace and a ward or two (if you can't afford sight. Third priority: just wards and pots. Do not buy boots first back.
Build (in order of items you should complete after the priority buys are all gotten:
Thresh needs to be at least moderately tanky because his kit encourages him to Q into a teamfight and use his ultimate to severely hinder the enemy teak's mobility. I find I do best with Relic Shield over Talisman for that reason, it just offers a lot more in raw stats. Thresh has no way to get aggro off himself like Kayle does, so it's best to just build in a way that discourages anyone from trying to burst you down. Kayle can also kite and be effective from the outside of a teamfight, which Thresh really can't do.
Thresh + Tank = Stronk This is mainly because you're in the center of a fray and the longer you can last the more CC you can apply. He might be considered a fighter because of the way his Flay Passive gives him such strong hits when it is fully charged, but generally I'd consider his kit to be something that benefits more from tank. Also, he fighters can be fairly tanky. I know I've gotten a large number of solo kills as Thresh due to the strength of his basic attacks and CC. The Flay is especially strong on melee champions since you can push them back and get extra hits in the mean time.
I always start Thresh with Doran's Shield to get that extra defense early to go very very aggressive. Generally by level 2 I can get a kill with my ADC and then I back, get Relic Shield then I'll work on sightstone/boots then later my Randuins/Banner/Banshee/Sunfire depending on the situation.
If the tagging system were correct, you'd think that Gangplank was a support.
Trust me. A good Tank Thresh will rock bottom lane. That said, a good ADC Thresh can do the same.
Uhh...you can try playing a non-tanky Thresh, but I don't think it'll go too well for you...
