Xerath vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Xerath
based on 5,780 Xerath vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Thresh
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Advice to Win Against Thresh
Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.
Xerath vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some strategic Xerath versus Thresh matchup stats that may help us explain the differences between the two. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Thresh. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Xerath typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Thresh. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Thresh
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Who is Better, Xerath or Thresh?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when taking on Thresh, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a good counter for Thresh.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate compared to Thresh, when facing one another, Xerath also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Threshas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Thresh matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter for Thresh. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to counter Thresh during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath often gets more CS relative to Thresh. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Xerath versus Thresh build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Stormsurge. When Xerath combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Thresh than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 51.7% when playing against Thresh with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Thresh as Xerath, Xerath players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Xerath vs Thresh face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.7% winrate overall.
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