Kassadin vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Kassadin
based on 1,984 Kassadin vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Thresh
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
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.
Kassadin vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Kassadin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some significant Kassadin vs. Thresh matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Thresh’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Thresh. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Kassadin often has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Thresh. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kassadin and Thresh
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Thresh?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kassadin usually wins when taking on Thresh, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Kassadin makes a good counter for Thresh.
While Kassadin does have a higher winrate compared to Thresh, when facing one another, Kassadin also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kassadin into Threshas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kassadin has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Thresh matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kassadin is a decent counter to Thresh. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kassadin against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin in order to counter Thresh during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin typically gets much more CS compared to Thresh. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Kassadin versus Thresh build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Kassadin used at least these three items in his build, he did much better versus Thresh than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Kassadin boasted an average win rate of 51.7% battling Thresh with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Thresh as Kassadin, Kassadin players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Kassadin vs Thresh battles, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.7% winrate overall.
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