Lucian vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Lucian
based on 9,344 Lucian vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Thresh
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Lucian in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several influential Lucian against Thresh matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences between the pair. Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Thresh. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Lucian often has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Thresh. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Thresh
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Who is Better, Lucian or Thresh?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually wins when playing against Thresh, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes a good counter for Thresh.
While Lucian does have a higher winrate compared to Thresh, when facing one another, Lucian also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Lucian into Thresh.
Moreover, Lucian has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Thresh. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Thresh matchups, Lucian is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Lucian is a decent counter to Thresh. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Lucian against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lucian in order to counter Thresh during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian on average picks up much more CS compared to Thresh. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Lucian versus Thresh build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Stormrazor. When Lucian included at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Thresh than with many other common builds. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 51.3% when playing against Thresh with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Thresh as Lucian, Lucian players should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Lucian vs Thresh counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.3% win rate overall.
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