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How to Win Orianna vs Thresh Counter MatchupOrianna is in the b tier of champions

Orianna vs Thresh

How to Beat Thresh as Orianna in LoLOrianna is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Thresh as Orianna

based on 2,083 Orianna vs Thresh matchups
Win Rate
49.6 %
K/D/A
2.66
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked League rounds that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Thresh as Orianna came out of an examination of 2083 ranked matches where both champions clashed against one another. This champ matchup is relatively rare. Orianna encounters Thresh in only 3.9% of her rounds.

Orianna vs Thresh Matchup Summary

Orianna does a average job of countering Thresh. Typically, she wins a acceptable 49.6% of the time the champions face one another in. In Orianna versus Thresh games, Orianna’s team is 0.2% less expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that she most likely won't be able to get first blood against Thresh.

Best Orianna vs Thresh Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Orianna Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentLuden's CompanionMalignanceSeraph's Embrace

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Orianna to level upq
>
Second ability for Orianna to level upw
>
Last skill for Orianna to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Orianna's passive ability p
Orianna's q ability q
Orianna's w ability w
Orianna's e ability e
Orianna's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Thresh as Orianna

Tips for Playing as Orianna against Thresh

Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.

Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.

Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.

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.

Orianna vs Thresh Counter Stats

Orianna Image
Win Rate
49.6 %
VS
Win Rate
50.4 %
Thresh Image
5.5
< Kills >
2.1
5.6
< Deaths >
6.1
9.4
< Assists >
13.7
1.25
< Killing Sprees >
0.37
169
< Minions Killed >
34
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.48
992
< Physical Damage >
1,189
20,004
< Magic Damage >
7,004
325
< True Damage >
754
21,322
< Damage Dealt >
8,947
18,471
< Damage Taken >
21,616
11,270
< Gold Earned >
8,602
2.19
< Towers >
1.81
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
1,727
< Total Healing >
2,345
14,230
< Experience >
10,513
21
< Vision Score >
57
10
< Wards Placed >
24
343
< Time Dealing CC >
259

How to Counter Thresh with Orianna in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show some vital Orianna versus Thresh counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Thresh. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Orianna often has a much larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Thresh. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Orianna and Thresh

Damage Types Compared

Orianna
Thresh
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Orianna
Thresh

Who is Better, Orianna or Thresh?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Orianna usually fairs equally well when playing against Thresh, with a 49.6% win rate. As a result, Orianna makes an ok counter for Thresh.

While Orianna does have a lower winrate than Thresh, when they face off with one another, Orianna also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to learn. You should be careful when picking Orianna into Threshas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Orianna has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Thresh matchups, Thresh is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Orianna is a somewhat poor counter to Thresh. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Orianna against Thresh.

Additional Information for Orianna Players

How We Calculated Our Orianna vs Thresh Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Thresh as Orianna, we analyzed 2,083 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Thresh as Orianna comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Orianna to counter Thresh during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Orianna on average accumulates much more CS compared to Thresh. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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 require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Orianna versus Thresh build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Orianna bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better vs. Thresh than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Orianna had an average winrate of 49.6% battling Thresh with this build.

To have the highest chance of beating Thresh as Orianna, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Orianna vs Thresh LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.6% win rate overall.

If you would like to view Orianna versus Thresh tips and builds for a an individual player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the stats and strategies displayed are computed using every match played with these champs.