Best Thresh Support Builds and Counters for Season 14

Best Thresh Support Builds and Counters for Season 14

By Marcus Chen

November 22, 2024 at 12:02 AM

A comprehensive Thresh support guide for optimal performance in League of Legends.

Core Build

  • Summoner Spells: Flash, Ignite
  • First Item: Celestial Opposition
  • Core Items: Plated Steelcaps, Locket of the Iron Solari
  • Final Items: Knight's Vow, Zeke's Convergence, Vigilant Wardstone

Optimal Runes

  • Primary: Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching
  • Secondary: Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight
  • Shards: Adaptive Force (2x), Health Scaling

Skill Order: Q > E > W

Strong Matchups (Win Rate)

  • Shen (56.0%)
  • LeBlanc (54.9%)
  • Lux (54.5%)
  • Nautilus (53.2%)
  • Pyke (53.2%)

Weak Matchups (Win Rate)

  • Galio (40.8%)
  • Brand (45.6%)
  • Sona (46.3%)
  • Swain (47.2%)
  • Senna (47.3%)

Best ADC Synergies (Win Rate)

  • Sivir (55.9%)
  • Miss Fortune (54.6%)
  • Kalista (53.2%)
  • Draven (52.2%)
  • Kog'Maw (52.0%)

Key Tips

  • Utilize roaming potential after purchasing boots
  • Bait out enemy dashes before using Death Sentence (Q)
  • Place strategic vision around objectives for picks
  • Control vision to create pick opportunities
  • Time hooks carefully after enemy mobility skills are used

Alternative Build

  • Keystone: Glacial Augment
  • Items: Same as core build
  • Win Rate: 47.7% over 1,960 matches

Off-Meta Build

  • Keystone: Guardian
  • Items: Same core plus Thornmail
  • Skill Order: Q > W > E
  • Win Rate: 48.0% over 1,142 matches

Adjust your item build based on game context, enemy composition, and lane matchup. Consider defensive rune shards (Armor or Magic Resist) against specific matchups.

Current overall win rate: 49.4% based on 5,125 matches.

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