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Thresh
Patch 16.2.1
SupportDifficulty
Very Hard
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Control vision to land hooks from the fog of war. In late-game fights, focus on using and to keep your highest-damage carry alive at all costs.
Playstyle
The ultimate playmaker. You control the pace of the lane with hook pressure and save your allies with the best utility tool in the game. You're the director of every fight.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- + provides unparalleled safety for immobile carries by repositioning them instantly.
- + is a long-duration CC that can pick off priority targets or initiate fights.
- + can interrupt dashes like Leona E or Lee Sin Q if timed correctly.
- +Infinite scaling armor from makes you naturally tanky over time without needing expensive items.
Weaknesses
- -Missed leaves you with zero pressure for nearly 20 seconds during the early lane phase.
- -Very low base armor—you are incredibly fragile if you fail to collect souls.
- -No reliable escape if you are caught out alone without an ally to interact with your .
- -High mana costs and long cooldowns punish missed abilities heavily in high-intensity skirmishes.
Abilities
Souls drop from dead enemies. Walk near them or use to pick them up from range. This is your ONLY source of armor per level. If you don't collect them, you will be paper by mid-game.
Your hook. It pulls the enemy twice before you can reactivate it to fly to them. Don't always take the second Q—the 1.5s stun is often enough for your team to follow up while you stay safe.
Throw it ahead of allies or use it to collect souls from distance. It shields the first ally who touches it. Most importantly, allies can click it to dash to your location.
Pushes or pulls. Use it to pull enemies into your or push away divers. The passive damage on your first auto is huge—wait for the indicator to turn red for maximum poke damage.
Creates five walls. The first one broken deals massive damage and slows by 99%. Use to knock enemies into the walls if they try to walk around them.
Teamfight Role
Peeler and Pick-Maker
Look for a hook on a squishy target to start the fight. Once the fight starts, sit on your ADC. Use to stop anyone jumping on them and to reposition them if they get cornered.
If you are significantly ahead, you can play as the primary engager by taking the recast into the backline and dropping to disrupt everyone.
Combos
Short Trade
(pull) → Auto-attack
Pull the enemy toward you with when your passive auto-attack is fully charged. This is a quick burst of damage that doesn't require a hook.
The All-In
→ (recast) → → (into wall)
Land the hook, fly in, drop the box immediately, then use to push them into a wall for the 99% slow and high damage.
The Flash Hook
→ Flash (sideways)
You cannot Flash during the windup of , but you can Flash immediately after to change the trajectory angle and bypass minions.
The Lantern Delivery
(behind ally) → → (recast)
Throw to an ally, then hit and recast it. Your ally clicks the lantern and flies with you to the target for a 2-man dive.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | passive damage allows you to win almost any auto-attack trade in the bot lane bush. |
| Level 2 | The combo of and provides enough crowd control to force Flashes or secure early kills. |
| Level 6 | adds massive burst and a 99% slow, making it impossible for hooked enemies to escape. |
| Level 11 | With points in and some Ability Haste, the cooldown becomes short enough to use twice in one fight. |
Tips & Tricks
- •Thresh's model does not turn toward the target until actually fires; use this to aim at the ADC while looking at the Support.
- • can cancel almost every dash in the game—time it to stop Tristana W or Lee Sin Q mid-air.
- •Throw into a bush to scout it; if the lantern grants vision and reveals no one, it is safe to enter.
- •The shield applies to you and the first ally nearby even if they don't click it; use it for the shield in close 2v2s.
- •You can cast while flying through the air during the second activation of .
- •Always wait for the passive to charge to red before poking; it turns your auto-attacks into mini-nukes in early lane.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Always taking the second recast→You fly into the entire enemy team and die instantly while your teammates are too far away to help.
- ✕Using forward when your ADC is being dove→You push the assassin or bruiser closer to your carry, essentially helping the enemy get the kill.
- ✕Ignoring souls in lane→You will have zero armor scaling and will get one-shot by the enemy ADC's basic attacks by the 20-minute mark.
- ✕Throwing directly on top of an ally→Enemy champions can stand on the lantern (bodyblock), making it impossible for your ally to click it.
- ✕Hooking from vision every time→High-level players will easily react and dodge; you must use bushes and fog to make unpredictable.
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached