Thresh vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Thresh
based on 5,203 Thresh vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Darius
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
Advice to Win Against Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Thresh vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Thresh in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some important Thresh vs. Darius counter stats that may help us realize the differences between these two champions. Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Darius’s ratio of NaN, showing that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Darius. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Thresh typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Darius. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Thresh and Darius
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Who is Better, Thresh or Darius?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Thresh usually fairs equally well when playing against Darius, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Thresh makes an ok counter for Darius.
While Thresh does have a lower win rate compared to Darius, when they face off with one another, Thresh also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Thresh into Dariusas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Thresh also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Darius. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Darius matchups, Darius is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Thresh is a somewhat poor counter for Darius. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Thresh against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Thresh in order to counter Darius during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh on average gets a lot less CS as Darius. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Thresh versus Darius build include Knight's Vow, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Darius than with most other common builds. In fact, Thresh had an average winrate of 49.7% when countering Darius with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Darius as Thresh, Thresh players should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Thresh vs Darius counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Darius as Thresh are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.