Thresh vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Thresh
based on 5,093 Thresh vs Shaco matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Shaco
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 Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Thresh vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Thresh in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several influential Thresh against Shaco matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shaco’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Shaco. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Thresh typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Shaco. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Thresh and Shaco
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Who is Better, Thresh or Shaco?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Thresh usually loses when facing off against Shaco, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Thresh makes a bad counter for Shaco.
While Thresh does have a lower winrate compared to Shaco, when on opposite teams, Thresh also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Thresh into Shacoas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Thresh also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shaco. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Shaco matchups, Shaco is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Thresh is a somewhat poor counter for Shaco. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Thresh against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Thresh to counter Shaco during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Shaco. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Thresh versus Shaco build include Thornmail, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Thresh included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Shaco than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Thresh boasted an average win rate of 48.7% battling Shaco with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Shaco as Thresh, Thresh players should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Thresh vs Shaco matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.7% win rate overall.
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