Viktor vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Viktor
based on 2,190 Viktor vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Thresh
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Viktor in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several important Viktor vs. Thresh counter stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Thresh. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Viktor normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less 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 not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Thresh
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Who is Better, Viktor or Thresh?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Viktor usually wins when taking on Thresh, with a 53.3% win rate. As a result, Viktor makes a great counter to Thresh.
While Viktor does have a higher winrate compared to Thresh, when facing one another, Viktor also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Viktor into Threshas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Viktor has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Thresh. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Thresh matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Viktor is a great counter for Thresh. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Viktor against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Viktor to counter Thresh during both the laning 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 listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor usually gets much more CS compared to Thresh. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Viktor versus Thresh build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Thresh than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Viktor had an average winrate of 53.3% when countering Thresh with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating Thresh as Viktor, Viktor players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Viktor vs Thresh counters, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.3% win rate overall.
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