Thresh vs Tristana
How to Beat Tristana as Thresh
based on 4,885 Thresh vs Tristana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Tristana Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Tristana Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Thresh Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Tristana as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Tristana
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 Tristana
Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.
If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.
Thresh vs Tristana Counter Stats
How to Counter Tristana with Thresh in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some important Thresh versus Tristana counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tristana’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Tristana. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Thresh typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Tristana. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Thresh and Tristana
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Thresh or Tristana?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Thresh usually fairs equally well when playing against Tristana, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Thresh makes an ok counter for Tristana.
While Thresh does have a higher winrate than Tristana, when they face off with one another, Thresh also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Thresh into Tristanaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Thresh has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tristana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Tristana matchups, Thresh is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Thresh is a decent counter to Tristana. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Thresh against Tristana.
Other Champion Matchups Against Thresh
Additional Information for Thresh Players
How We Calculated Our Thresh vs Tristana Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Thresh in order to counter Tristana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh usually picks up a lot less CS as Tristana. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Thresh versus Tristana build include Thornmail, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Tristana than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Thresh had an average win rate of 50.5% battling Tristana with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Tristana as Thresh, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Thresh vs Tristana clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Tristana as Thresh are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.