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.
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
The Thresh Jarvan IV synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Jarvan IV, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Jarvan IV. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Jarvan IV helps Thresh perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Thresh tries to synergize with Jarvan IV, he gets a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This change may demonstrate that Jarvan IV does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Thresh is played together with Jarvan IV on the same team, 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 Jarvan IV.
Moreover, when Thresh plays with Jarvan IV on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Jarvan IV does a decent job of protecting Thresh during teamfights.
There is no perfect companion for Thresh that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, Jarvan IV is a below average ally for Thresh. By being on the same side as Thresh, he lowers their win rate by -1.4% to 47.1%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Thresh and Jarvan IV that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Jarvan IV has a lower difficulty than Thresh. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Jarvan IV comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing on the same side, Thresh players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by grouping Thresh and Jarvan IV together, you may not be granting your side enough magical damage output. We recommend you have other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Jarvan IV ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
To learn all of the intricacies of Thresh in order to pair well with Jarvan IV during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to include in your Thresh and Jarvan IV synergy build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Thresh included at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Jarvan IV than with most other common builds. In fact, Thresh boasted an average winrate of 47.1% when playing alongside Jarvan IV with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing 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 yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.1% winrate overall.
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