Pretty much the core build. Not much to say about these except to get them as early as possible to maximize your gold generation and efficiency. I generally try to have Nomad's Medallion and Sightstone by my second or third back.


These items help Thresh to become the menace that he is. With Mobility Boots he can show up anywhere he is needed quickly, as well as get around the map to ward or de-ward with ease. Coming around to other lanes with these makes for deadly and surprising ganks. Talisman of ascension can create some very unexpected team rush strategies to catch enemies out of place, or can be used to help your team retreat from a bad situation to safety.


Randuin's Omen is easily the most cost effective defensive item in the game. It does so much for it's price, you simply can't go without it. Use it's active to slow down the enemy team and peel for yours. Any AD champion focusing you will have their DPS decreased by the passive. Banshee's Veil and Frozen Heart help to round out your tank stats further and will make you incredibly difficult to kill. Frozen Heart further helps to shut down auto attack focused champions from killing your carries with it's passive. Jax and Tryndamere beware.


Sunfire Aegis needs to be rushed to be effective. It's a great first item on a really fed Thresh and it allows him to duel and push better and generally be more threatening. Thornmail is an incredibly cheap armor purchase that also causes attackers to take damage back. Gives additional pressure to enemies for focusing you, and it is an outstanding pick against teams with multiple auto attackers. I often buy this item when playing as a "suicide lead", initiate into a fight and force them to focus you and eat a lot of damage back before you drop, allowing your team to clean up. Zeke's Herald is a great pick up when a majority of your team is AD. It gives them a great boost in AD and life steal. The bonus AD, added with the massive CDR and health makes it great for your personal benefit as well. Be advised that this item does not really hold up late game.


Face of the Mountain is a great alternative to the Talisman of ascension line of items and it's active can be used to further bait out kills or simply deal more damage in a team fight. Be aware that with this item you'll be starting with Relic Shield instead of Ancient Coin, meaning you'll have to manually last hit creeps to execute them for the bonus gold, as Thresh is ranged. Locket of the Iron Solari is a very good pick up against multiple enemy APs. It's aura, and it's active team wide shield can turn a team fight against a very magic heavy burst team. Mikael's Blessing is a very obscure item to me, as Thresh doesn't entirely need the mana sustain it provides, HOWEVER, it's active is very, VERY powerful in conjunction with Dark Passage to save an ally's life.

Basic Attacks

The time to charge the full damage of Flay's passive is 10 seconds. To get the maximum effect out of it, only attack when the passive is charged, but don't be too predictable! A good enemy support will time your passive as well, and be prepared to react to you attempting to harass. Using some tact when you harass can go a long way. Make them think you will attack them and dodge anything you are most likely going to throw at you, making them waste mana.

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It takes 49-94 souls to catch up in base armor to the lowest and highest base armored champions in the game, respectively. At 95, Thresh will have the highest base armor in the game, and 146 souls, he will have more armor than Taric with 5 ranks in Shatter. His passive does in fact stack indefinitely, and at 255 souls they will turn into one stack of "soul gluttony".

Dark Passage

Dark Passage is a very unique ability, but it does have some quirks many people don't seem to know about. Firstly, it grants vision, about the same radius as a sight ward, making it invaluable for bush checking. Next, as the ally that clicks it flies until they reach Thresh, if he Flashes, or clicks Q a second time on Death Sentence, they will fly to his new location, making the flash effect from Dark Passage even stronger, additionally, allies can Teleport onto Thresh's lantern. Lastly, allies cannot click on the lantern when an enemy is standing on it, or THEY are silenced. Note: The Lantern does have a small collision detection radius now. I am unsure if this stops people from body-blocking it entirely.

Flay

Flay pushes targets in the direction the chain is going, so if you are facing a target, and you want to "pull" them closer, cast Flay BEHIND Thresh. This ability is rather difficult to smart cast at times, and I recommend turning smart cast off, only for this ability. Last tip for Flay; When inside The Box, enemies will often stand still to avoid taking damage or suffering the massive slow. Simply Flay them into a wall to prevent this.