Yasuo vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Yasuo
based on 10,105 Yasuo vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Thresh
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some strategic Yasuo vs. Thresh matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Thresh. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Yasuo typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Thresh. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yasuo and Thresh
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Thresh?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when taking on Thresh, with a 52.0% win rate. Thus, Yasuo makes a good counter to Thresh.
While Yasuo does have a higher winrate compared to Thresh, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Yasuo into Threshas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Yasuo has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Thresh matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Yasuo is a decent counter for Thresh. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yasuo against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo on average picks up much more CS as Thresh. Champs who typically don't acquire 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 abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Yasuo versus Thresh build include Guardian Angel, Kraken Slayer, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Thresh than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 52.0% battling Thresh with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Thresh as Yasuo, Yasuo players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Yasuo vs Thresh battles, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.0% win rate overall.
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