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How to Win Thresh vs K'Sante Counter MatchupThresh is in the a tier of champions

Thresh vs K'Sante

How to Beat K'Sante as Thresh in LoLThresh is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat K'Sante as Thresh

based on 2,337 Thresh vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
2.69
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat K'Sante as Thresh resulted from an evaluation of 2337 ranked rounds where both champs opposed each other. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Thresh encounters K'Sante in only 1.6% of his rounds.

Thresh vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Thresh does a average job of beating K'Sante. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.7% of the time the champs face off with one another in. In Thresh vs K'Sante rounds, Thresh’s side is 0.3% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood against K'Sante.

Best Thresh vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorKindlegem

Core Thresh Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Force of NatureTrailblazerThornmailFrozen Heart

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Thresh to level upq
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Second ability for Thresh to level upe
>
Last skill for Thresh to max outw

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationTriple TonicBiscuit Delivery
Ability HasteArmorHealth Scaling
Thresh's passive ability p
Thresh's q ability q
Thresh's w ability w
Thresh's e ability e
Thresh's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Thresh

Tips for Playing as Thresh against K'Sante

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 K'Sante

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Thresh vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Thresh Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
K'Sante Image
2.1
< Kills >
4.6
6.1
< Deaths >
5.5
14.3
< Assists >
6.6
0.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.04
33
< Minions Killed >
169
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.41
1,239
< Physical Damage >
13,735
6,971
< Magic Damage >
3,377
799
< True Damage >
1,548
9,010
< Damage Dealt >
18,662
21,362
< Damage Taken >
30,285
8,508
< Gold Earned >
10,801
1.88
< Towers >
2.1
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,362
< Total Healing >
4,559
10,369
< Experience >
14,502
57
< Vision Score >
15
24
< Wards Placed >
8
261
< Time Dealing CC >
1,034

How to Counter K'Sante with Thresh in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show several important Thresh versus K'Sante matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than K'Sante’s ratio of NaN, showing that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than K'Sante. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Thresh typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than K'Sante. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Thresh and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Thresh
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Thresh
K'Sante

Who is Better, Thresh or K'Sante?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Thresh usually fairs equally well when trying to fight K'Sante, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Thresh makes an ok counter to K'Sante.

While Thresh does have a higher win rate compared to K'Sante, when facing one another, Thresh also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Thresh into K'Santeas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Thresh also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to K'Sante. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Thresh vs K'Sante matchups, Thresh is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Thresh is a decent counter to K'Sante. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Thresh against K'Sante.

Additional Information for Thresh Players

How We Calculated Our Thresh vs K'Sante Build and Stats

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Thresh, we analyzed 2,337 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter K'Sante as Thresh comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Thresh to counter K'Sante during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Thresh on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to K'Sante. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Thresh versus K'Sante build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against K'Sante than with many other common builds. In fact, Thresh had an average winrate of 50.7% when countering K'Sante with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of defeating K'Sante as Thresh, Thresh players should take 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 rune combinations players used for Thresh vs K'Sante LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat K'Sante as Thresh are given for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the stats and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.