Akali vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Akali
based on 8,921 Akali vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Thresh
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Win Against Thresh
Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.
Akali vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Akali in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some critical Akali versus Thresh matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences between this set of champions. Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Thresh. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Akali typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives more damage than Thresh. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Thresh
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Who is Better, Akali or Thresh?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when taking on Thresh, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Akali makes an ok counter for Thresh.
While Akali does have a higher winrate compared to Thresh, when on opposite teams, Akali also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akali into Threshas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Akali also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Thresh matchups, Akali is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Akali is a decent counter to Thresh. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Akali against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akali in order to counter Thresh during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali on average accumulates much more CS relative to Thresh. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Akali versus Thresh build consist of Lich Bane, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Akali incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better countering Thresh than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 50.2% when countering Thresh with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Thresh as Akali, Akali players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Akali vs Thresh matchups, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.2% win rate overall.
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