Thresh vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Thresh
based on 14,492 Thresh vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Thresh vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Thresh in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some important Thresh against Caitlyn counter statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Caitlyn’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Caitlyn. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Thresh normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Caitlyn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Thresh and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Thresh or Caitlyn?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Thresh usually fairs equally well when playing against Caitlyn, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Thresh makes an ok counter for Caitlyn.
While Thresh does have a lower win rate than Caitlyn, when they face off with one another, Thresh also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Thresh into Caitlynas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Thresh has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Thresh is a somewhat poor counter to Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Thresh against Caitlyn.
Other Champion Matchups Against Thresh
Additional Information for Thresh Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Thresh to counter Caitlyn during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh most often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Caitlyn. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They 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 have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Thresh versus Caitlyn build consist of Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Thresh bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Caitlyn than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Thresh had an average winrate of 49.9% battling Caitlyn with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Caitlyn as Thresh, Thresh players should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Unflinching, and Bone Plating runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Thresh vs Caitlyn LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.
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