League Of Legends Thresh Support Build Guide - Optimal Builds & Counters

League Of Legends Thresh Support Build Guide - Optimal Builds & Counters

By Marcus Chen

November 21, 2024 at 07:29 PM

Support Thresh emerges as a versatile support champion excelling in initiation and peel potential. The most successful build currently maintains a 49.4% win rate across 5,125 matches.

Core Build:

  • Summoner Spells: Flash, Ignite
  • Keystone: Aftershock
  • Primary Runes: Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching
  • Secondary Runes: Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight
  • Shards: Adaptive Force (2x), Health Scaling

Item Build Order:

  1. Celestial Opposition
  2. Plated Steelcaps
  3. Locket of the Iron Solari
  4. Knight's Vow
  5. Zeke's Convergence
  6. Vigilant Wardstone

Skill Order: Q > E > W

Strong Against:

  • Shen (55.3% WR)
  • Lux (54.7% WR)
  • LeBlanc (54.4% WR)
  • Pyke (53.2% WR)
  • Nautilus (53.2% WR)

Weak Against:

  • 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)

Key Tips:

  • Utilize roaming opportunities after purchasing boots
  • Bait out enemy mobility abilities before using Death Sentence (Q)
  • Maintain vision control around objectives for pick potential
  • Look for engage opportunities when enemies waste crucial cooldowns

Alternative Build Options:

Glacial Augment Build (47.8% WR):

  • Same summoner spells
  • Primary: Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight
  • Secondary: Bone Plating, Unflinching
  • Same item build as core

Guardian Build (48.2% WR):

  • Primary: Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching
  • Secondary: Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight
  • Skill Order: Q > W > E
  • Alternative items: Consider Thornmail as situational

Optimize your build based on matchups and team compositions, adjusting defensive stats (Armor/MR) according to lane opponents and enemy team damage profile.

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