Alistar vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Alistar
based on 3,073 Alistar vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Thresh
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
Advice to Win Against Thresh
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.
Alistar vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Alistar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some critical Alistar versus Thresh counter statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. For instance, Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, showing that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Thresh..
Alistar typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Thresh. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Alistar and Thresh
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Who is Better, Alistar or Thresh?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Alistar usually wins when taking on Thresh, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Alistar makes a good counter for Thresh.
While Alistar does have a higher win rate compared to Thresh, when on opposite teams, Alistar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Alistar into Threshas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Alistar has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Thresh matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Alistar is a decent counter for Thresh. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Alistar against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Alistar in order to counter Thresh during both the early game 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 tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar usually gets a similar amount of CS as Thresh. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Alistar versus Thresh build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Alistar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Thresh than with most other typical builds. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 51.6% when countering Thresh with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Thresh as Alistar, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Alistar vs Thresh LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.6% winrate overall.
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