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Recommended Items
Spells:
Ignite
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Items
Ability Order
Damnation (PASSIVE)
Thresh Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Braum
Braum is a really hard match up; he can stop your hook, he throws his Q out for days, and has a very annoying stun. Also, when you hook him, he can just W back to a minion, so try and hook the ADC, which you should be doing anyway.
INTRODUCTION
What delightful agony we shall inflict
- ThreshHello!
This is my first guide, and it is on my favourite champion, Thresh! I am an Australian player who, of course, plays on the Oceanic server!Anyway, Thresh is a very strong Support and can do alot, ranging from slowing by 99% to saving someone on your team from their imminent death! He is also a strong initiator (especially in the laning phase) and can get your ADC many kills if one of the enemy bot laners is hooked. He does, however, have a very high skill cap.
I will try my best to explain this awesome champion to you! I hope you enjoy this guide!
Pros+ High amount of CC + Good harass + Fantastic initiator + 2 channel-interrupting abilities + Amazing ally escape |
Thresh is an awesome support with a lot of harass and all-in potential, even though he is a full tank. He brings a crazy amount of utility to bot lane, and works with many Marksmen of League of Legends. |
Thresh does have his downsides, as listed here. He cannot move quickly without the use of Flash or Mobility Boots. He lacks against ADCs and Supports that outrange him, because it makes it much harder for Thresh to hook them with Death Sentence. |
The 0/12/18 Masteries suggested are pretty much the standard "tank support" Masteries. They are identical for every other hooking/tanky Champion. The Keystone Mastery Courage of the Colussus is really good for tanks with CC, which is exactly what Thresh is. It gives you a quite decent shield when you hit an enemy champion with a hard CC ability, keeping you a little healthier for when you engage.
The summoners below are also viable, if your ADC wants you to take either of them. Exhaust is good for stopping attack speed, for example Jinx ( Switcheroo! Minigun and Get Excited!) and Twitch ( Rat-Ta-Tat-Tat), and high-damage AD carries that get screwed by movement-debilitating things, like Vayne and Draven for example.
This ability sequence is the best way to level up Thresh. This is just my opinion, though. Taking Flay first and using it in base allows you to do more damage on your auto attacks. Combined with the Bandit Mastery, you can get a bit of gold while poking their ADC. Taking Death Sentence second will allow you to hook early and put some very early pressure on your opponents. However, if they have a Blitzcrank for example, you might want to take Dark Passage second so that if they get hooked you can save the day. Always upgrade your Ultimate whenever you can (levels 6, 11 and 16). Now onto ability explanations.
(Passive) Damnation
No Cooldown
- Unlike every other champion in the game, Thresh does not gain armour per level. Instead, he gets it from his passive ( Damnation)
- He gets 0.75 Ability Power and bonus Armour per soul.
- Small minions and monsters will sometimes drop a soul, while champions and large monsters (like the Dragon will always drop a soul
- Try to collect as many souls as you can, but do not pick them up if you think you will be harassed
- Instead, you can throw out your W Dark Passage to pick up souls
- You have about 8 seconds before a soul disappears
(Q) Death Sentence
Cooldown: 20/18/16/14/12 seconds
- This makes Thresh the absolute beast that he is. Death Sentence has a mana cost of 80
- The cooldown of Death Sentence is reduced by 3 seconds if you hit an enemy with it
- Stuns for 1.5 seconds
- Deals 80/120/160/20/240 (+ 50% AP) Magic Damage
- After 0.5 seconds, Thresh can cast Death Leap to travel to the enemy hit
- Try to predict the enemy's movement. This can be difficult to do at first, but practice makes perfect
- If you are in Mid lane and there are enemies under tower, you generally don't need to predict movement, as most people just stand there
- This ability is very good for catching chasing enemies
(W) Dark Passage
Cooldown: 22/20.5/19/17.5/16 seconds
- When used, Thresh throws out his lantern and it shields Thresh and the first ally hit for 60/100/140/180/220(+ 1 per soul collected), and reveals the area around it. An ally can click the lantern to dash back to Thresh
- Costs 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 mana (based on ability rank)
- This ability is PERFECT for pulling an ally out of danger
- It can also be used to pull an ally into a lane to produce a very powerful gank
- Can be used to check brush and areas that are over walls
- Try to use this skill as much as you can
- If Dark Passage is used and you walk out of the range indicator, the lantern will return to Thresh
- If a teammate is in danger, throw the lantern in front of them so that enemies cannot block it
(E) Flay
Cooldown: 9 seconds
- This ability has a Passive and an Active:
Passive: Thresh's auto attacks do more damage the more time you wait between auto attacks. In another way, Thresh "charges" up his auto attacks so that they do more magic damage
Active: Thresh sweeps his chains to knock back and up enemies in the direction that Thresh has cast it in - Deals 65/95/125/155/185(+ 40% AP) Magic Damage and slows by 20/25/30/35/40% for 1 second
- Costs 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 mana (based on ability rank)
- This is the ability that you use after you use Death Leap, in order to CC the enemy and pull them back more
- Also useful to be used first when in laning phase, because the slow makes it easier to hit Death Sentence
- This ability is very useful for stopping gap closers like Xin Zhao's Audacious Charge, and channels like Katarina's Death Lotus
(R) The Box
Cooldown: 150/140/130 seconds
- Thresh creates 5 walls in the shape of a Pentagon around him, dealing 250/400/550 (+ 100% AP) Magic Damage and slowing by 99% for 2 seconds if an enemy breaks a wall
- Once one wall is broken, the rest of the walls do no damage but apply half the slow for half the duration
- Costs 100 mana
- This ability has a 0.75 second delay, so you must be careful when you are using it on an enemy that is already moving
- This ability is very good for burst when you have hooked an enemy post-6 in laning phase
- Also helps to stop enemies getting away
- This is part of Thresh's best combo (see below)
- Use this in choke points to ensure that your team gets away when trying to escape
- The cast time makes it somewhat dangerous when being chased
Standard Combo
This is the most basic combo for Thresh. It provides a good amount of CC. Optionally, you can Exhaust/ Ignite (depending on which one you took) the enemy if you think you can grab the kill. See what I did there? The second Death Sentence is to get you next to them of course. I thought it was worth noting that, just to make sure there was no confusion.
Standard Combo (Post-6)
This combo is exactly the same as the one before, just with your Ultimate ability, The Box. Good for making sure that your enemies don't get away.
Close Range Combo(Pre-6)
This is the combo for when enemies are already in range for you E ability, Flay. Because it slows if you hit an enemy, it makes it much much easier to land your Death Sentence. Be patient with Death Sentence, in case they flash or use a jump like Tristana's Rocket Jump. Dark Passage is optional; it's only for when your ADC is out of range. You can also use your ulti if you have it, and they haven't flashed or used a gap closer out.
Gank Combo
This combo is used when you have your Jungler/Mid laner/Top laner near you to gank you. Pretty simple, but very, very effective. Easy way to bring someone into the fight with you.
"MadLife/Bunny FuFu" Combo
This combo is a bit tricky to pull off properly, but it is one of the best plays you can make with Thresh. The opportunity for this combo also does not come often, so it is hard to get practice on it as well. However, it is worth the effort.
Full Initiator/Best Combo
This is THE combo for completely initiating. This combo will not only do lots of damage, but also provides tons of CC. You will want to be patient with Death Sentence until after they have used their jumps/dashes/ Flash etc. This makes sure they don't get away.
For your information, the first photos is for the Bottom side start, and the second picture is for the Top side start.
When it comes to warding after laning phase, you want to ward deep into the enemies' jungle, with wards in brush and multiple path points.
And that's a wrap!
If you have any feedback or if I missed anything, feel free to post it in the comments.If this guide helped you or you enjoyed it, please upvote this guide. It is my first one and I put a lot of effort into it.
If you want to watch pro players playing Thresh, then I recommend MadLife, Bunny FuFu and Aphromoo.
All videos are given credit to their creators.
Thank-you for reading!
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