Thresh vs Nilah
How to Beat Nilah as Thresh
based on 2,335 Thresh vs Nilah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Nilah Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Nilah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nilah as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Nilah
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.
Thresh vs Nilah Counter Stats
How to Counter Nilah with Thresh in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some influential Thresh vs. Nilah matchup stats that can help us realize the distinctions between this set of champs. As an example, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nilah’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nilah. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Thresh normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nilah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Thresh and Nilah
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Who is Better, Thresh or Nilah?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Thresh usually loses when facing off against Nilah, with a 45.6% win rate. As a result, Thresh makes a poor counter for Nilah.
While Thresh does have a much lower win rate than Nilah, when they face off with one another, Thresh also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Thresh into Nilahas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Thresh has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nilah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Thresh is a garbage counter for Nilah. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Thresh against Nilah.
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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 Nilah during both the laning 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 mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh often picks up a lot less CS compared to Nilah. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Thresh versus Nilah build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Nilah than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Thresh boasted an average winrate of 45.6% when playing against Nilah with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Nilah as Thresh, Thresh players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Thresh vs Nilah battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Nilah as Thresh are shown for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.