Kayn vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Kayn
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Kayn vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Thresh
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Kayn in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some significant Kayn against Thresh matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Thresh’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Thresh. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Kayn usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Thresh. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayn and Thresh
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Who is Better, Kayn or Thresh?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when playing against Thresh, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes an ok counter for Thresh.
While Kayn does have a higher win rate compared to Thresh, when facing one another, Kayn also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn into Threshas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayn has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Thresh matchups, Kayn is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kayn is a decent counter to Thresh. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayn against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kayn to counter Thresh during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Thresh. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kayn versus Thresh build consist of Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Kayn included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Thresh than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Kayn boasted an average winrate of 50.4% battling Thresh with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Thresh as Kayn, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Kayn vs Thresh clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.4% winrate overall.
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