League Of Legends: Thresh Champion Guide
One of League of Legends' most iconic characters, Thresh epitomises the value of retaining utility when both in advantage and disadvantage. The quintessential support ever since his release back in January 2013, Thresh has remained a popular pick throughout nearly all metas. His abilities harbour a mixture of pick potential, engage, and disengage, and he can neatly slot into a variety of team compositions.
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This guide provides an overview of how to effectively play Thresh in the Support role, his strengths, weaknesses, and a rundown of his recommended ability build, items, summoner spells, and runes.
A standard levelling order is: E > Q > W > E > E > R > Q > Q > Q > Q > R > E > E > W > W > R > W > W
Keep upgrading Flay to help in laning phase, before maxing Death Sentence in the mid-game for more frequent pick opportunities. Maxing Dark Passage last is common, but post level six there is no hard and fast rule to maxing Thresh's abilities.
For your summoner spells you will want to take:
Despite technically being a melee champion, Thresh possesses an attack range of 450, longer than some ranged champions such as Gnar. This allows you to help your ADC farm from a slightly safer range than would be possible on a melee Support.
Flay will passively buff your auto attacks, providing your only real source of harass, but it is still something to be aware of, as it can significantly help your damage output at lower levels. Being able to punish typical melee Supports in Alistar or Blitzcrank can really help pile on the pressure.
As a Support, a Thresh's first priority should be to focus on how you are going to play the laning phase. While possessing a strong all-round
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