Thresh vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Thresh
based on 8,921 Thresh vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Akali
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Thresh vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Thresh in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several vital Thresh versus Akali matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akali’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Akali. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Thresh often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Akali. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Thresh and Akali
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Who is Better, Thresh or Akali?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Thresh usually fairs equally well when playing against Akali, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Thresh makes an ok counter to Akali.
While Thresh does have a lower winrate than Akali, when facing one another, Thresh also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Thresh into Akalias his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Thresh also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Akali 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 team fights.
Thresh is a somewhat poor counter for Akali. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Thresh against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Thresh in order to counter Akali during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh most often gets a lot less CS compared to Akali. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Thresh versus Akali build include Kaenic Rookern, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Akali than with most other common item sets. In fact, Thresh boasted an average win rate of 49.8% battling Akali with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Akali as Thresh, Thresh players should take the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Thresh vs Akali counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.
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