Thresh vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Thresh
based on 4,136 Thresh vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Thresh vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Thresh in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some significant Thresh against Vi counter stats that can help us understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vi’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vi. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Thresh normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Vi. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Thresh and Vi
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Who is Better, Thresh or Vi?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Thresh usually loses when taking on Vi, with a 47.5% win rate. Therefore, Thresh makes a bad counter for Vi.
While Thresh does have a lower winrate compared to Vi, when on opposite teams, Thresh also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Thresh into Vias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Thresh also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Vi matchups, Vi 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 teamfights.
Thresh is a garbage counter to Vi. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Thresh against Vi.
Other Champion Matchups Against Thresh
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Thresh to counter Vi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Vi. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Thresh versus Vi build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Thresh incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Vi than with most other typical builds. In fact, Thresh had an average winrate of 47.5% when countering Vi with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Vi as Thresh, you should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Thresh vs Vi matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.5% win rate overall.
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