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

Thresh vs Mordekaiser

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

based on 10,013 Thresh vs Mordekaiser matchups
Win Rate
45.3 %
K/D/A
2.5
Pick Rate
6.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked League of Legends games each week. Within our dataset, Thresh faced off against Mordekaiser in 10013 games. With so many games with Thresh versus Mordekaiser gives us confidence in our capacity to provide informative data and a pro build to crush Mordekaiser. This champion matchup is relatively uncommon. Thresh encounters Mordekaiser in only 6.8% of his rounds.

Thresh vs Mordekaiser Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Thresh has done a awful job of beating Mordekaiser. Typically, he wins a lowly 45.3% of the time the champs fight one another in. In Thresh vs Mordekaiser matches, Thresh’s team is 0.2% more expected to obtain first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood versus Mordekaiser.

Best Thresh vs Mordekaiser Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsMercury's Treads

Core Thresh Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Hollow RadianceKaenic RookernForce of NatureJak'Sho, The Protean

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash 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

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
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
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Mordekaiser as Thresh

Tips for Playing as Thresh against Mordekaiser

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 Mordekaiser

Mordekaiser builds up a powerful damage aura when fighting champions, so keep your distance.

Realm of Death will cut you off from your teammates completely. Try to save mobility spells to escape Mordekaiser once inside

Damage he deals can be converted into a large shield, and consumed for health

Thresh vs Mordekaiser Counter Stats

Thresh Image
Win Rate
45.3 %
VS
Win Rate
54.7 %
Mordekaiser Image
2.2
< Kills >
7.2
6.4
< Deaths >
5.8
13.8
< Assists >
5.1
0.39
< Killing Sprees >
1.64
35
< Minions Killed >
156
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.47
1,220
< Physical Damage >
2,716
7,311
< Magic Damage >
21,270
765
< True Damage >
628
9,297
< Damage Dealt >
24,615
22,115
< Damage Taken >
31,466
8,573
< Gold Earned >
11,902
1.64
< Towers >
2.14
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
2,319
< Total Healing >
9,411
10,537
< Experience >
15,114
54
< Vision Score >
17
23
< Wards Placed >
8
262
< Time Dealing CC >
252

How to Counter Mordekaiser with Thresh in LoL

The stats shown here highlight several strategic Thresh against Mordekaiser matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Mordekaiser. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Thresh usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Mordekaiser. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Thresh and Mordekaiser

Damage Types Compared

Thresh
Mordekaiser
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Thresh
Mordekaiser

Who is Better, Thresh or Mordekaiser?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Thresh usually loses when playing against Mordekaiser, with a 45.3% win rate. Therefore, Thresh makes a bad counter for Mordekaiser.

While Thresh does have a much lower win rate compared to Mordekaiser, when they face off with one another, Thresh also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Thresh into Mordekaiseras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Thresh has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Mordekaiser. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Mordekaiser matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Thresh is a trash counter for Mordekaiser. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Thresh against Mordekaiser.

Additional Information for Thresh Players

How We Calculated Our Thresh vs Mordekaiser Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Mordekaiser as Thresh, we analyzed 10,013 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 Mordekaiser 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

If you would like to truly master Thresh in order to counter Mordekaiser during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Thresh most often accumulates a lot less CS as Mordekaiser. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Thresh versus Mordekaiser build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Mordekaiser than with most other common item sets. In fact, Thresh boasted an average winrate of 45.3% battling Mordekaiser with this build.

To have the best probability of defeating Mordekaiser as Thresh, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Thresh vs Mordekaiser matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Mordekaiser as Thresh are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu at the top of this page.