Want to beat thornmail? HERE IT IS!

Hell Week·2/25/2015, 6:49:45 AM·1 votes·2,937 views

Well we all know how annoying thornmail can be, specially as an ADC or squishy AD champs, such as Riven. Some of you might not be aware of what thornmail does. What it does is it reflects 30% of the physical damage dealt by the attacker ( including most on-hit effects ). So the more AD you have the worst it will get. So it's pretty simple really, if you're being damaged by the damage you deal, you just simply want to get HEALTH BACK from the same damage you deal. Also keep in mind all the damage being returned by the evil thormail is magic based, so 1 or 2 simple magic resist items will do the trick.

Items that counter thornmail - item 3153 item 3074 item 3072 item 3508 for damage.

                    ![item 3065](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.11.1/img/item/3065.png)   ![item 3102](https://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/16.11.1/img/item/3102.png)   for MR.

If you build those first 3 AD items and a banshee, you're basicly set, and that thornmail will be close to useless. Hope this was useful for anybody out there having trouble with those nasty thornmails, specially for Riven players... man those thornmails can really pack a punch.

32 Comments

Kamai2/25/2015, 9:21:46 AM5 votes

A beating thornmail post that doesn't have LW? 1.5/10

Faith Breaker2/25/2015, 10:57:33 AM4 votes

3-4 items dedicated to countering a single defensive item. I think you're missing the point.

Major Sparkles2/25/2015, 8:36:33 PM2 votes

Instead of building lifesteal out the butt you could always let your AP Mid get some farm so they nuke the baddies for you...

Extreme Troller2/25/2015, 8:37:29 PM2 votes

usually as a adc when someone have thornmail i buy last whisper, botrk, malmortius and mercury thread. my dps is still decent and it counter hard thornmail because i have 100+mr and my 400hp shield protect me from thornmail.

M4nTiCoR35/19/2015, 8:56:52 PM1 votes

How to beat Thronmail....TL/DR version

LIFESTEAL + Magic Resistance

BeatzBoyFTW2/25/2015, 7:20:46 AM1 votes

You're playing a broken shiet champ who gets free crits during battle. This thread is highly invalid, especially to all ADCs, since they have item 3046 item 3087 item 3031 to rush with.

Critkeeper5/19/2015, 1:39:38 PM1 votes

this strategy doesn't work fine sir, for thornmail is clearly op as the math will show.

bandgeek052/25/2015, 7:16:20 AM1 votes

wut happens when they get grievous wounds? on you?