Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.
The stats shown on this page highlight several influential Sett against Thresh matchup statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between these two champs. Sett’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Thresh’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sett may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Thresh. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Sett usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Thresh. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sett usually wins when taking on Thresh, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Sett makes a good counter to Thresh.
While Sett does have a higher win rate than Thresh, when they face off with one another, Sett also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sett into Thresh.
Furthermore, Sett has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Thresh. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sett vs Thresh matchups, Sett is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Sett is a decent counter for Thresh. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sett against Thresh.
To learn all of the intricacies of Sett to counter Thresh during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sett most often racks up much more CS as Thresh. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Sett versus Thresh build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Sett used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Thresh than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Sett boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when playing against Thresh with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Thresh as Sett, Sett players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Sett vs Thresh counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.
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