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Thresh, the Chain Warden, is a support and tank champion that is demanding to master. Across our 1428 analysed ranked games, Thresh is mostly played as Support (100% of its games), with a 50.1% win rate in that role: tier B among Support champions (#14 of 38, ranked by win rate). Thresh's damage is mostly magic (78%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 51.7% in short games (under 25 min, 447 games) versus 42.9% in long games (over 35 min).
Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22
Averages measured over 1428 Support games played with Thresh, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.
Thresh is an engage and protection support. Death Sentence pulls an enemy toward you (or you toward them), Dark Passage protects nearby allies with a lantern they can use to dash toward him, and The Box traps enemies with walls that slow and damage. His passive collects souls that permanently increase his armor and power.
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When: An enemy is hit by Death Sentence.
Death Sentence binds and pulls the enemy; Flay sends them in the direction of the hit (toward your allies or the turret). Your charged attacks deal more damage if you wait between them.
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When: The enemy carry is isolated.
A second activation of Death Sentence pulls you toward the enemy, which positions you to drop The Box around them and their allies. Its walls slow and damage those who break them.
See all 3 Thresh combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →
Death Sentence is your main ability: place it carefully, since it decides your lane. Drop the lantern between your carry and the danger, then use Flay to push an enemy away or bring them back under your turret.
The most-played core build is Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari (79 games, 51.9% win rate).
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The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 211 games).
At 10 min: 2805 gold, 16 CS, 2701 XP. At 15 min: 4315 gold, 22 CS, 4308 XP.
Flash + Ignite49.0% · 800 games
Flash + Heal53.2% · 423 games
Exhaust + Flash47.5% · 204 games
Font of Life98%
Bone Plating87%
Unflinching88%
Cosmic Insight94%
Biscuit Delivery68%
Font of Life99%Bone Plating84%Unflinching88%Cosmic Insight97%Biscuit Delivery75%
Hextech Flashtraption88%Biscuit Delivery96%Cosmic Insight98%Unflinching76%Bone Plating75%For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).
We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Thresh's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.
Knight's Vow
56.1%
Zeke's Convergence
49.5%
Mikael's Blessing
49.4% ▼
Bandlepipes
54.5%
Frozen Heart
50.0%No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.
Knight's Vow
55.6%Zeke's Convergence
42.0% ▼Mikael's Blessing
58.9%Frozen Heart
51.8%Bandlepipes
50.0%No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.
Knight's Vow
54.1%Zeke's Convergence
50.8%Mikael's Blessing
63.0% ▲Bandlepipes
51.3%Frozen Heart
51.4%The item that stands out most is Mikael's Blessing: 63.0% win rate, +5 points versus its usual win rate.
Nautilus
Thresh: 40.0%50 games
Nautilus has the edge in 60% of the 50 Support duels against Thresh. See the Nautilus guide.
Sona
Thresh: 44.0%25 games
Sona has the edge in 56% of the 25 Support duels against Thresh. See the Sona guide.
Blitzcrank
Thresh: 46.8%47 games
Blitzcrank has the edge in 53% of the 47 Support duels against Thresh. See the Blitzcrank guide.
Janna
Thresh: 50.0%34 games
Janna has the edge in 50% of the 34 Support duels against Thresh. See the Janna guide.
Karma
Thresh: 51.1%47 games
Karma has the edge in 49% of the 47 Support duels against Thresh. See the Karma guide.
Braum65.6% · 32 games
Milio61.8% · 34 games
Bard59.6% · 47 games
Nami58.5% · 41 games
Leona57.5% · 47 gamesWin rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Thresh's matchups.
| Measure | Thresh | Support average | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold at 10 min | 2805 | 2918 | −113 |
| CS at 10 min | 16 | 14 | +2 |
| XP at 10 min | 2701 | 2711 | −10 |
| Gold at 15 min | 4315 | 4507 | −192 |
| CS at 15 min | 22 | 20 | +2 |
| XP at 15 min | 4308 | 4325 | −17 |
Measured over 211 Thresh games with a timeline; the average covers 51 champions played Support in our ranked games.
Best result: short (under 25 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.
The most-played core build is Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari (79 games, 51.9% win rate).
Thresh's toughest matchups as Support are Nautilus (40.0% win rate over 50 games), Sona (44.0% win rate over 25 games), and Blitzcrank (46.8% win rate over 47 games).
Thresh posts its best win rates against Braum (65.6%), Milio (61.8%), and Bard (59.6%).
Win rate varies with game length: 51.7% in short games (under 25 min, 447 games) versus 42.9% in long games (over 35 min).
The most-played rune page uses Aftershock with the Inspiration secondary tree (751 games, 48.6% win rate).
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