# Thresh Counters Who counters Thresh? Best and worst picks against Thresh by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Thresh in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/thresh/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/thresh/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Thresh](https://baronbuff.com/champions/thresh/) ## Page Content [Thresh guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/thresh/) [Play against Thresh](https://baronbuff.com/champions/thresh/how-to-play-against/) [Thresh counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/thresh/counters/) Best and worst picks against Thresh in Support at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Galio, Morgana and Leona beat Thresh most often. Pantheon, Swain and Vel'Koz win the laning phase against Thresh by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Thresh Highest win rate versus Thresh in Support. - 1 [Galio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/) 386 games 52.9% - 2 [Morgana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/morgana/) 3,112 games 51.8% - 3 [Leona](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leona/) 4,096 games 51.6% - 4 [Taric](https://baronbuff.com/champions/taric/) 693 games 51.4% - 5 [Braum](https://baronbuff.com/champions/braum/) 2,998 games 51.3% - 6 [Elise](https://baronbuff.com/champions/elise/) 302 games 51.3% - 7 [Rakan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rakan/) 1,669 games 51.2% - 8 [Zilean](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zilean/) 1,075 games 51.2% ## Worst picks against Thresh Lowest win rate versus Thresh in Support. - 1 [Ashe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ashe/) 496 games 42.3% - 2 [Yuumi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yuumi/) 2,352 games 42.7% - 3 [Bard](https://baronbuff.com/champions/bard/) 1,809 games 43.8% - 4 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 1,737 games 45.2% - 5 [Shaco](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shaco/) 605 games 45.6% - 6 [Senna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/) 2,238 games 46.0% - 7 [Karma](https://baronbuff.com/champions/karma/) 2,600 games 46.0% - 8 [Pyke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pyke/) 2,822 games 47.0% - 9 [Nautilus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nautilus/) 5,000 games 47.3% - 10 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 744 games 47.6% - 11 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 1,794 games 47.6% - 12 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 1,521 games 47.7% - 13 [Lulu](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lulu/) 5,129 games 47.7% - 14 [Nami](https://baronbuff.com/champions/nami/) 3,220 games 48.0% - 15 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 4,151 games 48.2% ## Best lane counters vs Thresh Largest gold lead over Thresh at 15 minutes in Support. - 1 [Pantheon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/) 537 games +491 - 2 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 563 games +465 - 3 [Vel'Koz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/velkoz/) 401 games +417 - 4 [Brand](https://baronbuff.com/champions/brand/) 556 games +394 - 5 [Pyke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pyke/) 781 games +376 - 6 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 472 games +371 - 7 [Senna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/) 549 games +357 - 8 [Zyra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zyra/) 549 games +348 - 9 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 1,433 games +319 - 10 [Tahm Kench](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tahmkench/) 452 games +307 - 11 [Morgana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/morgana/) 1,040 games +283 - 12 [Neeko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/neeko/) 339 games +272 - 13 [Shaco](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shaco/) 192 games +204 - 14 [Seraphine](https://baronbuff.com/champions/seraphine/) 1,315 games +187 - 15 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 123 games +159 ## How to play against Thresh Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Punish missed Q immediately; walk forward while his main threat is on cooldown. - Stand behind minions and keep diagonal movement so his Q cannot line up cleanly. - Clear vision before entering river, because fog turns his Q into picks before objectives. - Block or bait Q before committing, then collapse while his peel is weaker. - Protect carries from Flash engages by holding peel until he steps forward. ## Where Thresh is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Thresh's engage depends on landing narrow hooks, so minion cover and diagonal spacing reduce his pick threat. - Thresh is punishable when he steps forward to threaten lantern plays because he lacks true tank durability. ## Thresh counters: questions ### Who counters Thresh in Support? At Gold+, Galio (52.9%), Morgana (51.8%) and Leona (51.6%) have the highest win rates against Thresh. ### Who does Thresh counter? Thresh wins most often against Ashe (42.3%), Yuumi (42.7%) and Bard (43.8%). ### Who wins lane against Thresh? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Pantheon (+491), Swain (+465) and Vel'Koz (+417) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Thresh. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Support Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/support/) - [Pantheon counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/pantheon/counters/) - [Swain counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)