Ultimate Thresh Support Guide: Best Builds & Counters

Ultimate Thresh Support Guide: Best Builds & Counters

By Marcus Chen

November 21, 2024 at 07:29 PM

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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