Playing Support Doesn't Have To Be A

Thresh BY Superkrypton36

Table of Contents

Summoner Spells
New Runes
Masteries
Abilities
Items
Champion Matchups
Ability Tips
Game-play Tips
Comments

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Thresh Statistics for SuperKrypton36

Author's performance with Thresh compared to the ranked average.

Value

Average

Games Played

Win %

Kills

2.7

2.0

Assists

14.9

13.1

Deaths

4.8

6.2

KA:D Ratio

3.7

2.4

Gold Earned

9.4K

9.1K

Creep Score

15.6

33.6

Average

Author

North America

SuperKrypton36

Silver IV1220 LKS

Author Champion Statistics
Guide Details

Summoner Spells Back to Top

Option 1 - Flash / Exhaust

The classic support option. Best when enemy team is assassin heavy.

Option 2 - Flash / Ignite

A more aggressive option. Best if you want to apply pressure and get a lead early on.

Option 3 - Flash / Heal

Only take this if your ADC refuses to take heal.

Masteries Back to Top

0 FEROCITY

12 CUNNING

18 RESOLVE

5/5

FEROCITY

CUNNING

5/5

RESOLVE

5/5

Option 1 - Standard Support Page

This is your standard page for being the tank initiator you were destined to be. Courage of the Colossus works really well with thresh as it procs off of your Q so you have it for your initiations. You can trade out Tough Skin and Explorer depending on how you like to play. If you're more aggressive in lane take Tough Skin, if you like to roam and set things up for other lanes take Explorer.

Option 2 - CDR / Damage Page

Replace Swiftness and Courage of the Colossus with Intelligence and Thunderlord's Decree. This is the page you would run with CDR runes to get the 15% CDR right off the bat. The Thundnerlord's provides you with a lot of damage with your Q-E-Empowered Auto combo. Same thing applies here with Tough Skin or Explorer.

Abilities Back to Top

	Passive
Q		2		4	5		7		9
W			3					8		10		12	13
E	1													14	15		17	18
R						6					11					16

Take your E first as it provides you with a decent amount of cc as well as the passive auto attack damage for early trades. Q second is a must as the hook is Thresh's bread and butter. Max Q first for the cool-down. Max W second for the shield and cool-down. Max E last. If you are very far ahead you can max E second to get the extra damage, but generally the W max will be better.

Items Back to Top

Starting Items

Standard Support Starting Items
CDR / Damage Starting Items
"Thresh scales off of ap right?"

Core Items

Standard Support Build W/ 40% CDR
CDR / Damage Build W/ 45% CDR

Situational Items

Situational Defensive Items
Situational Magic Resist Items
Just for fun
Optional Boots

Option 1 - Standard Support Items

Relic Shield is a good item that will provide your lane with plenty of sustain to match up against some of the heavier poke lanes this meta has been seeing. This build path will take you a bit longer to get to 40% CDR but is still achievable. Also with this build path you may find yourself running out of mana more often, so I usually try to grab Forbidden Idol early on. If you want early CDR on this build, grab Glacial Shroud, Kindlegem, and Forbidden Idol. Don't forget your Sightstone!

Option 2 - CDR / Damage Items

Ancient Coin is a good item that will provide you with CDR and nice mana regen early on. You will be significantly squishier than normal so pick it into the right match-ups. For the early 45% CDR grab Glacial Shroud, Forbidden Idol, Nomad Medallion. Don't forget your Sightstone!

Other Notes

It's generally a good idea to upgrade to ruby sightstone once you've finished your Talisman of Ascension and Redemption. This helps with your active cooldowns and the extra ward is nice as well.

Mobility boots are generally the best because they allow you to roam more often without as much of a consequence. However, if you want to go with more defensive items, but still want your 40% CDR, you can always run Lucidity boots. Merc treads for heavy cc teams. Boots of Swiftness is a more unique pick, it can be good during team fights to help you re-position for hooks and flays, but generally it's not the best idea.

Matchups Back to Top

Alistar

Easy
Annie

Medium
Bard

Medium
Blitzcrank

Medium
Brand

Medium
Braum

Easy
Janna

Easy
Karma

Hard
Leona

Easy
Lulu

Medium
Lux

Hard
Morgana

Hard
Nami

Medium
Sona

Hard
Soraka

Medium
Tahm Kench

Easy
Zilean

Hard
Zyra

Hard

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VS

Alistar

Easy

Thresh does well vs melee match-ups. Try and keep lantern up for when ADC gets CC'd, or flay away.

VS

Annie

Medium

Pretty heavy damage and CC, but if you can initiate successfully she will have a hard time escaping.

VS

Bard

Medium

Bard has a lot of damage early on and pretty heavy CC, but like Annie, He is fairly squishy.

VS

Blitzcrank

Medium

Pretty annoying match-up. Definitely want to build tanky into this match-up. Keep lantern up for CC.

VS

Brand

Medium

*See Annie*

VS

Braum

Easy

*See Alistar*

VS

Janna

Easy

Annoying CC. Try and bait out tornadoes before initiating.

VS

Karma

Hard

Lots of damage and CC at the same time. Karma has a hard lock down if you go in to team fight. Wait for cool-downs and initiate.

VS

Leona

Easy

*See Alistar*

VS

Lulu

Medium

Pretty heavy damage early, but not as much CC as Karma.

VS

Lux

Hard

*See Karma*

VS

Morgana

Hard

Probably your least favorable match-up. Try and bait out the shield and then initiate.

VS

Nami

Medium

Nami has a lot of sustain and CC to deny your initiations, but is fairly squishy.

VS

Sona

Hard

*See Karma*

VS

Soraka

Medium

Annoying sustain and CC in lane, but very squishy and immobile.

VS

Tahm Kench

Easy

He's like Braum, but more annoying.

VS

Zilean

Hard

Hard to catch and does a lot of damage.

VS

Zyra

Hard

Tons of damage and CC. Plants block hook. If you can catch her out she is squishy and immobile, but you'll probably die.

Champion	Difficulty	Notes
Alistar
Thresh does well vs melee match-ups. Try and keep lantern up for when ADC gets CC'd, or flay away.
Annie
Pretty heavy damage and CC, but if you can initiate successfully she will have a hard time escaping.
Bard
Bard has a lot of damage early on and pretty heavy CC, but like Annie, He is fairly squishy.
Blitzcrank
Pretty annoying match-up. Definitely want to build tanky into this match-up. Keep lantern up for CC.
Brand
See Annie
Braum
See Alistar
Janna
Annoying CC. Try and bait out tornadoes before initiating.
Karma
Lots of damage and CC at the same time. Karma has a hard lock down if you go in to team fight. Wait for cool-downs and initiate.
Leona
See Alistar
Lulu
Pretty heavy damage early, but not as much CC as Karma.
Lux
See Karma
Morgana
Probably your least favorable match-up. Try and bait out the shield and then initiate.
Nami
Nami has a lot of sustain and CC to deny your initiations, but is fairly squishy.
Sona
See Karma
Soraka
Annoying sustain and CC in lane, but very squishy and immobile.
Tahm Kench
He's like Braum, but more annoying.
Zilean
Hard to catch and does a lot of damage.
Zyra
Tons of damage and CC. Plants block hook. If you can catch her out she is squishy and immobile, but you'll probably die.

Ability Tips Back to Top

Q - The one big advantage thresh has over the other hookers in league (huehuehue) is his hook animation. Nautilus and Blitz both will face the direction they are hooking, while thresh can throw the hook in a direction he isn't looking. You can use this to your advantage by "faking" like your going to hook the support right in front of you when really you're throwing the hook at the ADC off to the side.

W - Your lantern, much like the rest of thresh's kit, is very multipurpose. If you're not using your lantern to pull in your half-dead, beaten, bruised, and terrified ADC you can also use it to get a small radius of vision, or rake in some juicy souls!

E - Try initiating with your flay first rather than your hook. Your flay will knock back and slow, so it will make your hook easier to land.

R - This is one of the bigger tips that not everyone does. Force the enemy into the box. Don't give them the option to escape. Immediately after landing your hook, ult, and then right before your hook ends flay them back closer to you. Depending on your range this should bring them into the box and force them to break the wall.

Game-play Tips Back to Top

1. Don't be afraid to roam. There are a couple prime times to roam away from the bot lane, and you can create a good lead in other lanes and help them get ahead, rather than just chilling out in the bot lane by yourself.

Scenario A : If you've just killed the enemy bot lane, pushed in to tower and your ADC is backing to buy and heal up, look for an opening mid and roam up. If you land a hook it's highly likely that the enemy will at least burn a summoner spell or two.

Scenario B : If you've backed, bought boots, and your bot lane is already pushed in to the enemy tower. Look at top and mid and see if you can get a gank off in either lane before heading back bot.

Tip : Don't waste your travel time! Drop wards in the river between lanes when you're on you way back to bot. This will help you catch out any attempted ganks or objective pushes.

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Playing Support Doesn't Have To Be A Death Sentence

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Summoner Spells Back to Top

Option 1 - Flash / Exhaust

Option 2 - Flash / Ignite

Option 3 - Flash / Heal

New Runes Back to Top

Masteries Back to Top

Option 1 - Standard Support Page

Option 2 - CDR / Damage Page

Abilities Back to Top

Items Back to Top

Starting Items

Core Items

Situational Items

Option 1 - Standard Support Items

Option 2 - CDR / Damage Items

Other Notes

Matchups Back to Top

VS

Alistar

Easy

VS

Annie

Medium

VS

Bard

Medium

VS

Blitzcrank

Medium

VS

Brand

Medium

VS

Braum

Easy

VS

Janna

Easy

VS

Karma

Hard

VS

Leona

Easy

VS

Lulu

Medium

VS

Lux

Hard

VS

Morgana

Hard

VS

Nami

Medium

VS

Sona

Hard

VS

Soraka

Medium

VS

Tahm Kench

Easy

VS

Zilean

Hard

VS

Zyra

Hard

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