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the Chain Warden

Thresh

DifficultyHigh
Role
Tank
Lane
Support

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Latest Meta Stats

Support
S
Win Rate50.0%
Pick Rate13.1%#1
Ban Rate15.9%

Popular Thresh builds in game

Taken from the in-game loadout screen as of 2026-08-26. The pick count and win rate are shown exactly as the game reports them.

Build 1Win rate 52.55%Picks 13,114

Layered resists that also soak damage for an ally

  • Relic Shield
  • Chainlaced Crushers
  • Knight's Vow
  • Force of Nature
  • Amaranth's Twinguard
  • Frozen Heart

When enemy damage skews magic and you have one ally worth protecting

This build stacks 150 Magic Resistance, 180 Armor and 30% Tenacity. Chainlaced Crushers gives you a magic shield absorbing 20-140 plus 5% max HP for 5 seconds after a champion deals magic damage to you. While your Worthy ally stays nearby, Knight's Vow redirects 12% of the damage that ally takes onto you and heals you for 10% of the damage they deal to champions. Amaranth's Twinguard adds 30% AR and 30% MR once Endurance reaches 5 stacks in combat with enemy champions.

Build 2Win rate 52.25%Picks 4,423

Health and self-sustain to hold the front line

  • Relic Shield
  • Armored Advance
  • Yordle Trap
  • Warmog's Armor
  • Frozen Heart
  • Force of Nature

When enemy damage leans physical and comes largely from basic attacks

This build reaches 1675 Max Health and 150 Armor. Armored Advance cuts damage from champion basic attacks by 10%. Warmog's Armor increases healing and shielding on you by 30%, and with at least 950 bonus HP it restores 3.5% max HP per second whenever you go 5 seconds without taking damage. Yordle Trap marks the target of a displacing crowd control effect for 8 seconds, lowering their AR and MR by 5-12.

The commentary is AI-written. It is cross-checked against this site’s item data and the official lane assignments before publishing.

Skill Order (Lv 1 - 15)

3
1
2
1
Ult
1
1
3
Ult
3
3
2
Ult
2
2

Take Skill 3 early for its passive basic attack damage, then max Skill 1 to get your hook back up more often.

Thresh Skills

Damnation
Passive

Damnation

Thresh can harvest the Souls of enemies that die near him, each soul permanently granting him 2 AR and 2 AP.

Thresh does not gain AR on level up.
Death Sentence
Skill 1

Death Sentence

18s
Throws out a scythe, stunning the first unit hit and pulling them in for 1.5 seconds. The scythe does 100 magic damage (100 + 80%AP) and grants True Sight for the duration.

Recast: Dashes to the bound enemy.

Cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds if it hits an enemy.
DetailsLVL 1LVL 2LVL 3LVL 4
Cooldown1815129
Base Damage100160220280
Dark Passage
Skill 2

Dark Passage

21s
Throws a Lantern to a target location, allowing an ally to tap the Minion Button to dash to Thresh.

The Lantern also grants a shield to Thresh and the first ally that comes near it, absorbing up to 50 damage (50 + 2 per Soul) for 4 seconds.
DetailsLVL 1LVL 2LVL 3LVL 4
Cooldown21191715
Shield5090130170
Flay
Skill 3

Flay

12s
Passive: Basic attacks deal an additional 0 to 47 magic damage (2 per soul + 80%AD) based on how long since he last attacked.

Activate: Thresh whips his chains, pulling or pushing enemies in the direction of the swing. Enemies hit are also slowed by 20% for 1 second and take 75 magic damage (75 + 60%AP).
DetailsLVL 1LVL 2LVL 3LVL 4
Cooldown1211109
AD80%120%160%200%
Slow20%25%30%35%
Base Damage75115155195
The Box
Ult

The Box

85s
Creates a prison of spectral walls, slowing champions by 99% for 2 seconds and dealing 250 magic damage (250 + 100%AP). Walls break after one collision, and after one is broken, the rest deal no damage and slow for half duration.

An enemy cannot be affected by multiple walls simultaneously.
DetailsLVL 1LVL 2LVL 3
Cooldown858075
Base Damage250400550

Base Stats

League of Legends: Wild Rift (China) official champion library (patch 7.2, as of 2026-08-25)

The site's latest patch is 7.2d, but these figures come from 7.2. The 8 champions adjusted since then — Yone, Jinx, Leona, Rumble, Nasus, Ryze, Jayce, Nidalee — no longer match the live game.

Official ratings
Damage1/3
Survivability2/3
Utility3/3
Difficulty3/3

A three-step guide set by the official champion library. For difficulty, a higher number means harder to play.

1
Health660LV15 2340
Mana435LV15 1009
Attack Damage58LV15 95.1
Armor34LV15 34
Magic Resist30LV15 46.8
Movement Speed345

Critical damage is 175% for every champion. These figures exclude items and runes.

Thresh Strengths

  • Versatile playmaker covering offense and defense with hook and Lantern
  • Lantern saves allies and sets up hard-to-read ganks
  • Armor and AP that grow from collecting souls without buying armor items

Thresh Weaknesses

  • ×High skill floor that demands split-second decisions
  • ×Base armor does not grow with level, so he depends on souls
  • ×Struggles when poked down by long-range mage supports

Early Game

Skill 1's hook is high risk and high reward: land it and you get a kill, miss it and you are wide open. Hitting level 2 first and landing Skill 1 into Skill 3 (Flay) is one of the best First Blood setups among supports. Go for it whenever there is an opening.

Mid Game

In the mid game, use the Skill 2 Lantern to sync ganks and rescue caught allies, influencing the whole map. Throw the Lantern over a wall to your jungler. That lets you start fights from angles the enemy does not expect.

Late Game

Keep collecting souls into the late game and you gain tank-level armor without buying armor items. Set up deep wards for vision. Hook an enemy carry standing out of position with Skill 1 and close out the game from there.

Teamfights

On offense, hook the enemy carry with Skill 1 and box them in with Ult to cut off their escape. On defense, knock enemy assassins out of their dashes with Skill 3. Pull a focused ally back with the Skill 2 Lantern, switching between attack and protection as the fight demands.

⚠️ Common Mistakes

Selfish Lantern use

Using the Skill 2 Lantern only to give yourself a small shield is a serious loss. Its real moments are syncing with your jungler's gank and rescuing an ally who cannot get out. It pulls an ally to safety instantly, one of the strongest utility tools in the game. Keep tracking your allies on the minimap, and cover catch and peel with your level 5 Ult (The Box) and your hook.

Thresh Combos

Basic Engage

Land the hook from Skill 1 and dash in, pull them back with Skill 3, then wall them in with Ult.

1
1(Recast)
3
Ult

Close Range Combo

Pin them with the pull and slow from Skill 3 to keep the crowd control going.

3
1

Champions Thresh struggles against (reader votes)

↑ loses the matchup / ↓ not really

Morgana
Zyra

Thresh Patch History

Thresh
ThreshPatch 7.2d
Nerf
Death Sentence Cooldown Refund on Champion Hit: 3s → 2s Landing a hook brought the next one back too quickly. With one second less refunded, there is now a gap after a successful hook — and room for the target to answer.
Thresh
ThreshPatch 7.1h
Buff
Damnation Soul drop range: 12 → 15 Death Sentence Cooldown: 17/15/13/11s → 18/15/12/9s Damage: 80/130/180/230 + 50% AP → 100/160/220/280 + 80% AP Dark Passage Cooldown: 22/20/18/16s → 21/19/17/15s Shield: 65/115/165/215 → 50/90/130/170 Flay Empowered attack bonus damage: 80%/100%/120%/140% → 80%/120%/160%/200% Active damage: 65/105/145/185 + 40% AP → 75/115/155/195 + 60% AP This moves Thresh from a purely protective support toward one who threatens damage himself. Death Sentence gains a lot of base damage and AP scaling, and its cooldown falls faster as it ranks up, so landing it pays off far more. Flay improves on both the empowered attack and the active. In exchange, Dark Passage's shield is thinner, weakening the protective half of his kit. The wider soul drop range at least makes stacking his passive easier.

Thresh Skins

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