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How to Win Thresh vs Leona Counter MatchupThresh is in the a tier of champions

Thresh vs Leona

How to Beat Leona as Thresh in LoLThresh is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Leona as Thresh

based on 6,078 Thresh vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
2.62
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each and every week. In our dataset, Thresh did battle with Leona 6078 times. Including so many matchups for Thresh versus Leona gives us a lot of confidence in our capacity to prepare actionable data and a supported build to defeat Leona. This particular champion matchup is fairly uncommon. Thresh encounters Leona in only 4.1% of his matches.

Thresh vs Leona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Thresh does a poor job of countering Leona. On average, he wins a lowly 47.4% of matches the champions battle one another in. In Thresh versus Leona matches, Thresh’s side is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood versus Leona.

Best Thresh vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloth ArmorNull-Magic Mantle

Core Thresh Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceKnight's VowLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

Kaenic RookernJak'Sho, The ProteanUnending DespairForce of Nature

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Thresh to level upq
>
Second ability for Thresh to level upe
>
Last skill for Thresh to max outw

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationTriple TonicBiscuit Delivery
Ability HasteHealth ScalingHealth Scaling
Thresh's passive ability p
Thresh's q ability q
Thresh's w ability w
Thresh's e ability e
Thresh's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Countering Leona as Thresh

Tips for Playing as Thresh against Leona

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.

Advice to Win Against Leona

When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.

Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.

Thresh vs Leona Counter Stats

Thresh Image
Win Rate
47.4 %
VS
Win Rate
52.6 %
Leona Image
2.3
< Kills >
2.1
6.5
< Deaths >
6.4
14.7
< Assists >
14.2
0.43
< Killing Sprees >
0.36
34
< Minions Killed >
31
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,331
< Physical Damage >
2,636
7,808
< Magic Damage >
6,793
853
< True Damage >
963
9,993
< Damage Dealt >
10,393
21,681
< Damage Taken >
22,831
8,662
< Gold Earned >
8,589
1.79
< Towers >
1.62
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,305
< Total Healing >
2,689
10,509
< Experience >
10,452
55
< Vision Score >
57
23
< Wards Placed >
24
285
< Time Dealing CC >
240

How to Counter Leona with Thresh in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here show several critical Thresh vs. Leona counter statistics that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Leona’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Leona..

Thresh often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Leona. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Thresh and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Thresh
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Thresh
Leona

Who is Better, Thresh or Leona?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Thresh usually loses when facing off against Leona, with a 47.4% win rate. Therefore, Thresh makes a bad counter to Leona.

While Thresh does have a lower winrate than Leona, when on opposite teams, Thresh also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Thresh into Leonaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Thresh also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Thresh is a bad counter to Leona. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Thresh against Leona.

Additional Information for Thresh Players

How We Calculated Our Thresh vs Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Thresh, we analyzed 6,078 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Leona as Thresh comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Thresh to counter Leona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Thresh usually gets a similar amount of CS as Leona. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Thresh versus Leona build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Thresh combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Leona than with many other common item sets. In fact, Thresh boasted an average win rate of 47.4% when playing against Leona with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Leona as Thresh, 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 builds players used for Thresh vs Leona LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.4% winrate overall.

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