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Thresh build & stats

SupportTank S 180 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
60.0%
Pick rate
10.0%
Ban rate
0.0%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Solid sample

Finish these three

Kaenic Rookern
Kaenic Rookern
2,900 gold
Thornmail
Thornmail
2,450 gold
Warmog's Armor
Warmog's Armor
3,100 gold
8,450 gold
70.0% WR 10 games

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
1,250 gold
57.1% 112 games

Runes

Inspiration Inspiration + Resolve Resolve
76.5% WR
17 games · 9% pick
Glacial Augment
Glacial Augment

Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies.

Inspiration Inspiration
Glacial Augment Unsealed Spellbook First Strike
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Exhaust Flash
69.2% 13 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Thresh

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Thresh wins 60.0% of games as any role on patch 16.18 (180 games).
  • Most common core: Kaenic Rookern → Warmog's Armor → Heartsteel — 50% win rate over 10 games.
  • Take Aftershock as keystone: picked in 53% of games with a 56% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Kaenic Rookern
Kaenic Rookern
Warmog's Armor
Warmog's Armor
Heartsteel
Heartsteel
50.0% WR
10 games · 6% pick
Kaenic Rookern
Kaenic Rookern
Thornmail
Thornmail
Warmog's Armor
Warmog's Armor
70.0% WR
10 games · 6% pick
Unending Despair
Unending Despair
Kaenic Rookern
Kaenic Rookern
Thornmail
Thornmail
66.7% WR
9 games · 5% pick

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
57.1% WR
112 games · 62% pick
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
57.5% WR
40 games · 22% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
85.7% WR
7 games · 4% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
85.7% 8% (14)
71.4% 12% (21)
71.4% 4% (7)
69.2% 7% (13)
68.8% 9% (16)
66.7% 35% (63)
64.3% 8% (14)
64.3% 8% (14)
59.5% 23% (42)
58.2% 37% (67)
55.9% 66% (118)
51.9% 29% (52)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
55.9% WR
59 games · 33% pick
Aftershock
Aftershock

After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.

Resolve Resolve
Grasp of the Undying Aftershock Guardian
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Resolve Resolve + Precision Precision
51.3% WR
39 games · 22% pick
Grasp of the Undying Font of Life Conditioning Overgrowth Legend: Haste Presence of Mind
Inspiration Inspiration + Resolve Resolve
76.5% WR
17 games · 9% pick
Glacial Augment Hextech Flashtraption Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight Bone Plating Unflinching

Keystones

  • Aftershock Aftershock After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you. 56.3%53% pick
  • Grasp of the Undying Grasp of the Undying Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health. 57.7%29% pick
  • Glacial Augment Glacial Augment Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies. 75.0%11% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 66.7%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Mark Flash + Mark 59.7%80% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 69.2%7% pick
  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 44.4%5% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PDamnation

    Thresh can harvest the souls of enemies that die near him, permanently granting him Armor and Ability Power.

  • QDeath Sentence

    Thresh binds an enemy in chains and pulls them toward him. Activating this ability a second time pulls Thresh to the enemy.

  • WDark Passage

    Thresh throws out a lantern that shields nearby allied Champions from damage. Allies can click the lantern to dash to Thresh.

  • EFlay

    Thresh's attacks wind up, dealing more damage the longer he waits between attacks. When activated, Thresh sweeps his chain, knocking all enemies hit in the direction of the blow.

  • RThe Box

    A prison of walls that slow and deal damage if broken.