Thresh vs Sett
How to Beat Sett as Thresh
based on 4,192 Thresh vs Sett matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Sett Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Sett Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sett as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Sett
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 Sett Counter Stats
How to Counter Sett with Thresh in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several important Thresh vs. Sett matchup stats that may help you interpret the differences between this pair of champs. Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sett’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sett. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Thresh normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Sett. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Thresh and Sett
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Who is Better, Thresh or Sett?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Thresh usually loses when playing against Sett, with a 48.2% win rate. Thus, Thresh makes a poor counter to Sett.
While Thresh does have a lower winrate compared to Sett, when facing one another, Thresh also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Thresh into Settas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Thresh has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sett. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Sett matchups, Sett is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Thresh is a somewhat poor counter for Sett. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Thresh against Sett.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Thresh to counter Sett during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh most often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Sett. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Thresh versus Sett build consist of Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Thresh incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Sett than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Thresh had an average win rate of 48.2% when countering Sett with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Sett 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. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Thresh vs Sett fights, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.2% win rate overall.
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