Thresh vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Thresh
based on 4,243 Thresh vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Kayle
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 Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Thresh vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Thresh in LoL
The stats shown here show some strategic Thresh vs. Kayle counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kayle’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayle. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Thresh often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kayle. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Thresh and Kayle
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Who is Better, Thresh or Kayle?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Thresh usually loses when playing against Kayle, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Thresh makes a bad counter for Kayle.
While Thresh does have a lower win rate than Kayle, when on opposite teams, Thresh also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Thresh into Kayleas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Thresh also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Thresh is a terribly counter for Kayle. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Thresh against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Thresh in order to counter Kayle during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh most often picks up a lot less CS as Kayle. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Thresh versus Kayle build include Locket of the Iron Solari, Solstice Sleigh, and Force of Nature. When Thresh bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Kayle than with most other common item sets. In fact, Thresh had an average winrate of 47.8% when playing against Kayle with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Kayle as Thresh, Thresh players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Thresh vs Kayle counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.8% winrate overall.
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