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.
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
The Thresh Lux synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lux, 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 Lux. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Lux helps Thresh perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Thresh is an ally to Lux, he observes a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This could signal that Lux helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Thresh is played alongside Lux on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Lux. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Lux.
Additionally, when Thresh plays with Lux on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Lux does a poor job of covering Thresh during teamfights.
There is no perfect champion pairing for Thresh that will always be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Lux is a very typical ally for Thresh. By being on the same side as Thresh, she decreases their win rate by -0.2% to 48.3%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Thresh and Lux that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Lux has a lower difficulty than Thresh. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Lux comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting alongside, Thresh players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability 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 Lux together, you may not be granting your other allies very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Lux ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Thresh in order to pair well with Lux during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Thresh and Lux synergy build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Thresh incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Lux than with most other common item sets. In fact, Thresh boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when playing alongside Lux with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, Thresh players should equip 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 combinations players picked for Thresh and Lux pairings, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.3% win rate overall.
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