Maokai vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Maokai
based on 6,279 Maokai vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Thresh
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack 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.
Maokai vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some valuable Maokai vs. Thresh counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Thresh’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Thresh..
Maokai usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Thresh. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Thresh
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Who is Better, Maokai or Thresh?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Thresh, with a 53.0% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a good counter to Thresh.
While Maokai does have a higher win rate compared to Thresh, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Thresh.
Additionally, Maokai also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Thresh matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Maokai is an above average counter to Thresh. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Maokai in order to counter Thresh during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Thresh. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Maokai versus Thresh build include Trailblazer, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Thresh than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 53.0% battling Thresh with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Thresh as Maokai, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Maokai vs Thresh clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.0% win rate overall.
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