Thresh with Gwen
How to Synergize Thresh and Gwen
based on 3,329 Thresh with Gwen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Thresh Gwen Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Thresh and Gwen
Tips for Playing as Thresh with Gwen
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 Understand How Gwen Will Play
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Thresh Gwen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gwen as Thresh in LoL
The Thresh Gwen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gwen, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Thresh sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gwen. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Gwen helps Thresh perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Thresh plays on the same team as Gwen, he sees a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Gwen does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Thresh is played alongside Gwen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Gwen.
Moreover, when Thresh plays with Gwen on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Gwen does a decent job of protecting Thresh during teamfights.
Synergies between Thresh and Gwen
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Is Thresh better when played alongside Gwen?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Thresh that will no matter what be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Gwen is a below average ally for Thresh. By being on the same team as Thresh, she drops their win rate by -1.2% to 47.3%. This demonstrates that there is a bad bond between Thresh and Gwen that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Gwen has a lower difficulty than Thresh. That means Thresh players don't need to be very careful when finding Gwen teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to provide utility and CC for your side. Together, these champions may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
In contrast, by aligning Thresh and Gwen together, you probably will not be providing your side enough protection for burst damage. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Gwen ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Thresh in order to work well with Gwen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to get in your Thresh and Gwen synergy build include Trailblazer, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Gwen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Thresh had an average win rate of 47.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Thresh players should take 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 sets players used for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.3% win rate overall.
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