
Ultimate Thresh Support Guide: Best Builds & Counters
Thresh is a versatile support champion with good roaming potential and playmaking abilities. Here's everything you need to know about playing Thresh effectively:
Most Popular Build (49.4% WR, 5,125 matches):
- Summoner Spells: Flash, Ignite
- Keystone: Aftershock
- Runes: Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight
- Rune Shards: Adaptive Force (x2), Health Scaling
- Core Items: Celestial Opposition → Plated Steelcaps → Locket of the Iron Solari
- Final Items: Knight's Vow, Zeke's Convergence, Vigilant Wardstone
- Skill Order: Q > E > W
Alternative Build (47.8% WR, 1,971 matches):
- Same Summoner Spells
- Keystone: Glacial Augment
- Different Rune Setup but identical item build
- Skill Order: Q > E > W
Best Matchups:
- Shen (55.3% WR)
- Lux (54.7% WR)
- LeBlanc (54.4% WR)
- Pyke (53.2% WR)
- Nautilus (53.2% WR)
Worst Matchups:
- Galio (40.8% WR)
- Brand (45.2% WR)
- Sona (46.6% WR)
- Seraphine (47.2% WR)
- Swain (47.2% WR)
Best ADC Synergies:
- Sivir (55.9% WR)
- Miss Fortune (54.7% WR)
- Kalista (53.3% WR)
- Draven (52.2% WR)
- Kog'Maw (52.1% WR)
Key Tips:
- Roam frequently after getting boots
- Bait out enemy mobility abilities before using Death Sentence (Q)
- Maintain vision control around objectives for pick potential
- Adapt your build based on team compositions and matchups
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