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Thresh Build Guide by iKonek

[14.24] iKonek's Thresh Support Guide

Updated on December 28, 2024

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Choose Champion Build:

Standard Support
Unsealed Spellbook
Fun Builds

Recommended Items

Solstice Sleigh

Locket of the Iron Solari

Zeke's Convergence

Knight's Vow

Vigilant Wardstone

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Oracle Lens

Runes: GLACIAL AUGMENT

1 2 3 4

Inspiration

Glacial Augment

Hextech Flashtraption

Biscuit Delivery

Cosmic Insight

Resolve

Font of Life

Bone Plating

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+10-180 Bonus Health

Resolve

Aftershock

Font of Life

Bone Plating

Unflinching

Inspiration

Biscuit Delivery

Cosmic Insight

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+10-180 Bonus Health

Resolve

Guardian

Font of Life

Bone Plating

Revitalize

Inspiration

Biscuit Delivery

Cosmic Insight

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+10-180 Bonus Health

Resolve

Aftershock

Font of Life

Bone Plating

Overgrowth

Domination

Zombie Ward

Relentless Hunter

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+10-180 Bonus Health

Spells:

1 2

Ignite

Flash

Ignite

Exhaust

Flash

Items

MAIN BUILD

START

World Atlas

Health Potion 2

ASAP

Kindlegem

Boots

Control Ward

Oracle Lens

STRONG EARLY ARMOR FOR TRADES

Bramble Vest

Warden's Mail

BOOTS

Boots of Swiftness

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Synchronized Souls

SUPPORT ITEM

Celestial Opposition

Solstice Sleigh

CORE-CHOOSE IN ANY ORDER

Locket of the Iron Solari

Zeke's Convergence

Knight's Vow

1ST IF HEAVY AD

Frozen Heart

SITUATIONAL

Frozen Heart

Force of Nature

Mikael's Blessing

Dead Man's Plate

Randuin's Omen

Abyssal Mask

Redemption

Vigilant Wardstone

EXAMPLE BUILD #1

Solstice Sleigh

Locket of the Iron Solari

Zeke's Convergence

Knight's Vow

Vigilant Wardstone

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Oracle Lens

EXAMPLE BUILD #2

Solstice Sleigh

Locket of the Iron Solari

Redemption

Knight's Vow

Mikael's Blessing

Synchronized Souls

Oracle Lens

EXAMPLE BUILD #3

Celestial Opposition

Frozen Heart

Locket of the Iron Solari

Knight's Vow

Randuin's Omen

Plated Steelcaps

Oracle Lens

GUARDIAN SQUISHY

START

World Atlas

Health Potion 2

ASAP

Kindlegem

Forbidden Idol

Bandleglass Mirror

Oracle Lens

Control Ward

BOOTS

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Synchronized Souls

CORE ITEM

Mikael's Blessing

CHOOSE ONE AFTER MIKAEL

Locket of the Iron Solari

Shurelya's Battlesong

SITUATIONAL

Redemption

Knight's Vow

Zeke's Convergence

Dead Man's Plate

Abyssal Mask

FULL BUILD

Solstice Sleigh

Mikael's Blessing

Locket of the Iron Solari

Knight's Vow

Redemption

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Oracle Lens

Ability Order R>Q>W>E

1 2

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

Show All

None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Draven

Extreme

Draven's only form of escape increasing his mobility with Blood Rush (W) or slowing you with Stand Aside (E). Make sure if you do engage you keep him locked in CC, as he has a high damage output and can get a kill if either you or your carry engages with little health.

Lucian

Major

Besides dodging your hooks with his Relentless Pursuit (E), he shouldn't be too hard to lock down. Be cautious after level 6, and be ready to peel if he ults your carry.

Zyra

Extreme

Zyra is a champ you'll need to have your lantern always ready to go when fighting, as you'll need to peel your carry from both her snare and her ult. Avoid taking unnecessary damage, and make sure to stomp on her seeds to avoid her from spawning more plant turrets. Be aware she can spawn flowers to deny you hooks in lane.

Brand

Major

He's a mid-lane support with no escape. Punish him whenever possible, but make sure to respect the damage he can do, because that's going to make punishing him very hard.

Kalista

Major

Kalista's quick dashes make her hard to hook during laning, so try and use flay to harass her until an opportunity arises. Once she's level 6 she can spit an ally out towards you, so be careful if she's paired with someone with heavy CC or damage.

Sett

Major

While not having that much catch potential due to you being able to flay him away or pull your carry away with your lantern, he is able to disrupt your lantern pull with a well timed skullcrusher if he is between you.

Bard

Even

Avoid walls and being behind single minions to not get stunned. If you see him cast a portal, you can hook or flay to try and push him or his carry away from it. Engage hard when he's roaming for chimes. Possibly bring ignite to counter his healing sustain.

Blitzcrank

Major

Blitzcrank may be obnoxious person to lane against, but as long as you're mindful of when you can and cannot engage you will have no trouble. Try to punish missed hooks, and if you get hooked use this lack of follow up on his part to counter-engage.

Ezreal

Minor

Ezreal has the same dodge capabilities of some of the other higher threat champions. His Arcane Shift (E) will allow him to dodge virtually any attempt to hook him. You have to get a good predict or catch him out in order to land one, or engage when it's on CD to be successful.

Tristana

Tiny

Tristana is relatively easy as long as she doesn't Rocket Jump (W) away from your hook. If she does, simply Flay her during it to cancel it, dropping her wherever she was during the animation. She'll kite you with her stacking bombs while you run, so don't waste a flash if they're already stacked and death is inevitable. Flash preemptively, not reactively.

Ashe

Even

Ashe can burn through both you and your carry if you both aren't careful. A good engage technique against her is hooking her from behind your own line of minions (protects your from her Volley (Q) while you initiate). Be wary of a CC chain once she hits level 6.

Caitlyn

Even

Avoid walking into bushes without vision, as you may step into a trap. Don't stop moving either, as it will make it easier for her to drop a trap under your feet. If you do end up getting snared, you can possibly turn it around by hooking her when she goes in to headshot you. Don't forget to shield when she ults, as it may save you or your carry's life.

Braum

Minor

A nuisance in terms of damage mitigation. You can flay him mid-air when he's jumping to an ally, so keep this in mind when going all-in on his carry. Other than denying some kill pressure on his carry, you should be able to kill him easily.

Kog'Maw

Tiny

He excels in far range fights, so hook him in and take away his advantage. Be cautious when backing if he's level 6.

Twitch

Tiny

His invisibility makes him hard to pin down, but once he's locked down he's as good as dead. The only thing close to an escape he has is his Venom Cask (W). Engage when either one of or both of these abilities are on CD.

Xayah

Even

Ensure proper positioning to avoid taking damage from her feathers. Keep a lantern ready for your carry if they get rooted. If you are ahead, you can bait yourself and attempt to hook her when she goes in to damage you after you've been rooted.

Sivir

Extreme

Sivir is probably the best counter to Thresh in terms of an ADC. Her Spell Shield (E) will block your hook entirely, and she can harass you from behind minion waves. Try and take down her spell shield with a flay or a carry's ability, then hook her.

Pyke

Minor

While Pyke does have a lot of pick and playmaking potential, his teamfighting ability is less than stellar. Other than risking his life for a chainstun and ulting, he doesn't do much in these battles besides making picks. Also, due to his inability to get health, he is a very squishy target, albeit one who can quickly regain his health. Protect low health teammates who are in execute range, and try to pull people out of his ult to deny him his reset.

Kai'Sa

Minor

Once she hits 6, she can easily dodge a hook or flay with her ult. However, if she ults to you, this will leave her right in range for you you to cast her ultimate almost directly on her, so try to counter-engage if you aren't confident in a potential all-in.

Varus

Tiny

Varus has extremely annoying poke, and will keep a high mana pool to ensure he can continually spam his arrows. Try to not stop moving so he can't pin you down, as his arrows do massive damage later in the game.

Vayne

Even

Vayne has the same base problems of Twitch, that being her slippery playstyle. Her Tumble (Q) allows her to dodge hooks if timed correctly, which will limit your initiation potential. She's extremely susceptible to CC however, so your ability to fight her relies a lot on you throughout the game.

Soraka

Tiny

No escape, easy to land hooks on while casting. Try to engage while her Equinox (E) is on cooldown.

Sona

Tiny

Currently strong due to her poke makes for an extremely painful lane. Buy MR/sustain on your first back, and encourage your carry to invest in a Doran's Shield first item and an Executioner's Calling first back.

Janna

Minor

While Janna can mitigate some damage with her shield, she has other methods of peeling you off. Her defensive capabilities are much lower without the tornado, so engage immediately after it's fired. Be extremely cautious when going in for her under tower, as if you are a low level or low on health, her Monsoon (R) can push you back under their tower.

Morgana

Major

Morgana is a hard counter to Thresh's main engage. While her Black Shield (E) does prevent you from hooking her, it doesn't prevent you from jumping to her like Sivir's does. This is the consolation you have, as you'll be forced to peel constantly from her snares and the threat of follow up from the jungler.

Nami

Minor

Rather easy to deal with, as long as you can avoid her skill shots. Careful for her bubble being used on you as you channel your hook. Keep a lantern ready after she's level 6 to peel from her ult. Bring ignite to counter her healing sustain.

Taric

Major

Avoid his stuns, and be prepared to peel if your carry is caught in one. His only real difficulty is past level 6, when he can save himself or his carry from an all-in with his ult. Try to bait his ult then engage before it's back off of CD. Bring ignite to counter his healing sustain.

Tahm Kench

Minor

Tahm Kench is a relatively hard person to lane against in the sense that he can deny you kills by eating his teammate and bringing them to safety. I would put him higher, but he has two problems when facing Thresh. The first being he can't ult away as you can hook him to disrupt the channel. Secondly, if he tries to save his carry, you can hook him in, thus hooking him and his carry within him to you. This can turn a normal kill into a double kill for you if played correctly.

Swain

Extreme

Swain is able to grab you from out of your flay distance, which makes trading with him difficult without being at risk of an all-in. Be very cautious in laning, and look for any openings where the likelihood of counterengage is low.

Karma

Tiny

While she is able to poke hard, her escape options are limited. Exploit this and go in when she's low on mana or has her abilities on CD.

Jhin

Tiny

He may pack a punch, but his low mobility makes him all too easy to hook. Be careful in trades, but don't be afraid to exploit his slowness.

Miss Fortune

Minor

Miss Fortune's Love Tap (Q) will do a good amount of damage early game, so play to the side of minions to avoid being hit by it (don't put yourself in danger of being caught however). Besides avoiding her immense damage, she's a relatively easy lane. Hook her during her ult to disrupt it, or if you're too low to risk it, be prepared to peel for your carry. If she is support, try to avoid her slow, as it will make follow-up from her or ADC, as well as an incoming gank that much more deadly.

Leona

Minor

Flay her mid-air when she uses her Zenith Blade (E). If she can't get close to stun you, she's useless. If you're too low to risk an engage, always be ready to peel from her stun.

Nautilus

Even

Nautilus isn't obnoxious because of his hook (which you can easily counter with your lantern), it's his relentless CC that is painful. Make sure to burn through his carry quickly, or the CC you'll have to endure while trading will get you both killed.

Alistar

Minor

When he goes in for his knock-up combo, just flay him. Should have no problems, but if you're late to the flay it's an issue.

Lulu

Minor

Senna

Strong

Tristana

Strong

Aphelios

Strong

Ashe

Miss Fortune

Xayah

Vayne

Aphelios

Strong

Ashe

Miss Fortune

Shurelya's Battlesong

Zhonya's Hourglass

Knight's Vow

Abyssal Mask

Vigilant Wardstone

Oracle Lens

Runes: UNSEALED SPELLBOOK

Inspiration

Unsealed Spellbook

Hextech Flashtraption

Biscuit Delivery

Cosmic Insight

Sorcery

Nimbus Cloak

Celerity

Bonus:

+8 Ability Haste
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+10% Tenacity/Slow Resist

Spells:

Exhaust

Ignite

Items

START

World Atlas

Health Potion 2

ASAP

Bandleglass Mirror

Aether Wisp

Seeker's Armguard

Control Ward

Oracle Lens

BOOTS

Synchronized Souls

Boots of Swiftness

CORE

Shurelya's Battlesong

Zhonya's Hourglass

SITUATIONAL

Abyssal Mask

Dead Man's Plate

Frozen Heart

Knight's Vow

Randuin's Omen

EXAMPLE BUILD

Solstice Sleigh

Shurelya's Battlesong

Zhonya's Hourglass

Knight's Vow

Abyssal Mask

Vigilant Wardstone

Oracle Lens

Ability Order R>Q>W>E

Damnation (PASSIVE)

Thresh Passive Ability

Death Sentence (Q)

Dark Passage (W)

Flay (E)

The Box (R)

Recommended Items

Zaz'Zak's Realmspike

Hextech Rocketbelt

Horizon Focus

Zhonya's Hourglass

Lich Bane

Sorcerer's Shoes

Oracle Lens

Runes: HEXTECH ROCKETBELT

1 2

Domination

Electrocute

Cheap Shot

Zombie Ward

Ultimate Hunter

Inspiration

Biscuit Delivery

Cosmic Insight

Bonus:

+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)

Domination

Hail of Blades

Taste of Blood

Zombie Ward

Relentless Hunter

Resolve

Font of Life

Bone Plating

Bonus:

+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)

Spells:

Flash

Ignite

Items

Hextech Rocketbelt

START

World Atlas

Health Potion 2

ASAP

Hextech Alternator

Blasting Wand

Control Ward

Oracle Lens

BOOTS

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Sorcerer's Shoes

SUPPORT ITEM

Zaz'Zak's Realmspike

Celestial Opposition

CORE

Hextech Rocketbelt

Horizon Focus

SITUATIONAL

Banshee's Veil

Lich Bane

Rabadon's Deathcap

Void Staff

Shadowflame

Zhonya's Hourglass

EXAMPLE BUILD

Zaz'Zak's Realmspike

Hextech Rocketbelt

Horizon Focus

Zhonya's Hourglass

Lich Bane

Sorcerer's Shoes

Oracle Lens

Stridebreaker

START

World Atlas

Health Potion 2

ASAP

Tiamat

Phage

Control Ward

Oracle Lens

BOOTS

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Boots of Swiftness

Plated Steelcaps

Mercury's Treads

SUPPORT ITEM

Bloodsong

CORE

Stridebreaker

Dead Man's Plate

SITUATIONAL

Abyssal Mask

Force of Nature

Knight's Vow

Randuin's Omen

Thornmail

Frozen Heart

EXAMPLE BUILD

Bloodsong

Stridebreaker

Dead Man's Plate

Abyssal Mask

Randuin's Omen

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Oracle Lens

Ability Order R>E>Q>W

Damnation (PASSIVE)

Thresh Passive Ability

Death Sentence (Q)

Dark Passage (W)

Flay (E)

The Box (R)

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

Show All

None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Brand

Flay her mid-air when she uses her Zenith Blade (E). If she can't get close to stun you, she's useless. If you're too low to risk an engage, always be ready to peel from her stun.