Xerath with Thresh
How to Synergize Xerath and Thresh
based on 2,712 Xerath with Thresh pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Thresh Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Thresh
Tips for Playing as Xerath with 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 Understand How Thresh Will Play
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.
Xerath Thresh Synergy Stats
How to Play with Thresh as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Thresh synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Thresh, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Thresh. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Thresh helps Xerath perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath tries to synergize with Thresh, he sees a sizeable uptick in his complete damage output. This may indicate that Thresh helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played together with Thresh on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Thresh. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Thresh.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Thresh on the same side, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Thresh does a decent job of covering Xerath in team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Thresh
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Thresh?
There is no top champion pairing for Xerath that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. Yet, Thresh is a very typical companion for Xerath. By locking into the same team as Xerath, he decreases their win rate by -1.0% to 49.6%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Xerath and Thresh that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Thresh has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Thresh comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing alongside, Xerath players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Together, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by pairing Xerath and Thresh together, you will not be granting your other allies very much AD. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Thresh teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to synergize with Thresh during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to build first in your Xerath and Thresh synergy build consist of Horizon Focus, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Xerath included at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Thresh than with many other common item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 49.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Thresh with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Xerath players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.6% win rate overall.
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