Nami vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Nami
based on 4,380 Nami vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Thresh
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
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.
Nami vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Nami in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some important Nami versus Thresh matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Thresh’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Thresh..
Nami normally has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Thresh. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nami and Thresh
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Who is Better, Nami or Thresh?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when playing against Thresh, with a 50.2% win rate. Therefore, Nami makes an ok counter for Thresh.
While Nami does have a higher winrate than Thresh, when they face off with one another, Nami also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nami into Thresh.
Additionally, Nami has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nami vs Thresh matchups, Nami is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Nami is a decent counter for Thresh. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nami against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nami to counter Thresh during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Thresh. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Nami versus Thresh build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Imperial Mandate, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Nami included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when facing Thresh than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nami had an average win rate of 50.2% when playing against Thresh with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Thresh as Nami, Nami players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Nami vs Thresh LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.2% winrate overall.
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