Thresh vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Thresh
based on 10,105 Thresh vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Thresh vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Thresh in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some strategic Thresh against Yasuo counter statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Yasuo. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Thresh typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Yasuo. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Thresh and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Thresh or Yasuo?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Thresh usually loses when taking on Yasuo, with a 48.0% win rate. Thus, Thresh makes a poor counter for Yasuo.
While Thresh does have a lower win rate than Yasuo, when on opposite teams, Thresh also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Thresh into Yasuoas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Thresh has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Thresh vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Thresh is a garbage counter to Yasuo. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Thresh against Yasuo.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Thresh to counter Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Yasuo. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Thresh versus Yasuo build include Thornmail, Knight's Vow, and Celestial Opposition. When Thresh incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Yasuo than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Thresh boasted an average win rate of 48.0% when countering Yasuo with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Yasuo as Thresh, Thresh players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cosmic Insight, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Thresh vs Yasuo fights, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.0% win rate overall.
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