Caitlyn vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Caitlyn
based on 14,492 Caitlyn vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Thresh
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several critical Caitlyn versus Thresh matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Thresh’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Thresh. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Caitlyn typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Thresh. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Thresh
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Thresh?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when facing off against Thresh, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes an ok counter for Thresh.
While Caitlyn does have a higher winrate compared to Thresh, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Thresh.
Additionally, Caitlyn also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Thresh. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Thresh matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter for Thresh. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Caitlyn against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn to counter Thresh during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn on average picks up much more CS relative to Thresh. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Caitlyn versus Thresh build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Rapid Firecannon. When Caitlyn included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when facing Thresh than with most other common item sets. In fact, Caitlyn had an average winrate of 50.1% battling Thresh with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Thresh as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Caitlyn vs Thresh clashes, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.1% winrate overall.
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