Graves vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Graves
based on 6,920 Graves vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Thresh
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
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.
Graves vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Graves in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some significant Graves against Thresh matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Thresh’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Thresh. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Graves typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Thresh. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Thresh
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Who is Better, Graves or Thresh?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Graves usually wins when trying to fight Thresh, with a 51.1% win rate. As a result, Graves makes a good counter to Thresh.
While Graves does have a higher win rate compared to Thresh, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Graves into Thresh.
Moreover, Graves has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Thresh. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Graves vs Thresh matchups, Graves is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Graves is a decent counter for Thresh. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Graves against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Graves to counter Thresh during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves usually gets more CS as Thresh. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Graves versus Thresh build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Hubris. When Graves combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Thresh than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Graves had an average winrate of 51.1% battling Thresh with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Thresh as Graves, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Graves vs Thresh battles, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.1% win rate overall.
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