Gwen vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Gwen
based on 3,029 Gwen vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Thresh
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Gwen in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some valuable Gwen vs. Thresh matchup stats that can help you interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Thresh’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Thresh. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Gwen often has a much larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives more damage than Thresh. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gwen and Thresh
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Who is Better, Gwen or Thresh?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gwen usually loses when taking on Thresh, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Gwen makes a poor counter for Thresh.
While Gwen does have a lower win rate than Thresh, when they face off with one another, Gwen also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Gwen into Thresh.
Furthermore, Gwen also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Thresh matchups, Thresh is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Gwen is a somewhat poor counter to Thresh. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Gwen against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gwen in order to counter Thresh during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen often accumulates much more CS relative to Thresh. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Gwen versus Thresh build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Gwen combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs Thresh than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Gwen had an average win rate of 48.3% when countering Thresh with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Thresh as Gwen, Gwen players should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Gwen vs Thresh fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Thresh as Gwen are presented for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.