Vi vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Vi
based on 4,136 Vi vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vi vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Vi vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Vi
Tips for Playing as Vi against Thresh
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
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.
Vi vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Vi in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several critical Vi versus Thresh matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences between the two. As an example, Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, showing that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Thresh. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Vi typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes more damage than Thresh. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vi and Thresh
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Who is Better, Vi or Thresh?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vi usually wins when facing off against Thresh, with a 52.5% win rate. Therefore, Vi makes a good counter for Thresh.
While Vi does have a higher winrate than Thresh, when on opposite teams, Vi also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vi into Thresh.
Moreover, Vi also has only a small 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 isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Vi vs Thresh matchups, Vi 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.
Vi is an above average counter to Thresh. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vi against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vi in order to counter Thresh during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vi typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Thresh. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Vi versus Thresh build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Vi included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Thresh than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Vi had an average winrate of 52.5% battling Thresh with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Thresh as Vi, Vi players should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Vi vs Thresh counters, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.5% win rate overall.
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