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How to Synergize Thresh and Illaoi

based on 2,597 Thresh with Illaoi pairs
Win Rate
46.7 %
K/D/A
2.49
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in data from from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Thresh has been on the same team as Illaoi in 2597 recently played, ranked matches. By gathering so much great data directly from the publishers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can showcase robust, insightful builds to help Thresh play with Illaoi. It is relatively rare for Thresh to play with Illaoi on the same side. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 1.8% of rounds with Thresh.

Thresh Illaoi Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Thresh does a pathetic job of fighting on the same side as Illaoi. On average, he wins a poor 46.7% of rounds the champions appear on the same team. If you want to play better as Thresh when playing with Illaoi by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Thresh vs Illaoi Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsMobility Boots

Core Thresh Items

~22 Mins
Zeke's ConvergenceKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Force of NatureFrozen HeartThornmailTrailblazer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Thresh to level upq
>
Second ability for Thresh to level upe
>
Last skill for Thresh to max outw

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationTriple TonicBiscuit Delivery
Ability HasteArmorHealth Scaling
Thresh's passive ability p
Thresh's q ability q
Thresh's w ability w
Thresh's e ability e
Thresh's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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R
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E
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W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Thresh and Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Thresh with Illaoi

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 Understand How Illaoi Will Play

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

Thresh Illaoi Synergy Stats

Thresh Image
Win Rate
46.7 %
VS
Win Rate
53.3 %
Illaoi Image
2.3
< Kills >
2.2
6.3
< Deaths >
6.2
13.4
< Assists >
14.1
0.41
< Killing Sprees >
0.39
34
< Minions Killed >
34
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,252
< Physical Damage >
1,225
7,445
< Magic Damage >
7,197
797
< True Damage >
778
9,495
< Damage Dealt >
9,201
22,493
< Damage Taken >
21,838
8,702
< Gold Earned >
8,591
1.73
< Towers >
1.79
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,388
< Total Healing >
2,366
10,669
< Experience >
10,536
55
< Vision Score >
55
23
< Wards Placed >
23
274
< Time Dealing CC >
263

How to Play with Illaoi as Thresh in LoL

The Thresh Illaoi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Illaoi, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Thresh sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Illaoi. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Illaoi helps Thresh perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Thresh is paired with Illaoi, he gets a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Illaoi helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Thresh is played alongside Illaoi on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Illaoi.

Moreover, when Thresh plays with Illaoi on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Illaoi does a poor job of protecting Thresh in teamfights.

Synergies between Thresh and Illaoi

Damage Types Compared

Thresh
Illaoi
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Thresh
Illaoi

Is Thresh better when played alongside Illaoi?

There is no perfect champion pairing for Thresh that will always be his top synergy. However, Illaoi is a not very good teammate for Thresh. By being on the same side as Thresh, she decreases their win rate by -1.8% to 46.7%. This proves that there is a harmful synergy between Thresh and Illaoi that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Illaoi has a much lower diffuclty than Thresh. That means Thresh players don't need to be careful when enlisting Illaoi comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Working on the same side, Thresh players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by pairing Thresh and Illaoi together, you probably will not be granting your other allies much magical damage output. Plan to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their capabilities.

Regardless of your Illaoi ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Thresh Players

How We Calculated Our Thresh Illaoi Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Thresh and Illaoi, we analyzed 2,597 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Thresh with Illaoi comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Thresh to pair well with Illaoi during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The top items to have in your Thresh and Illaoi synergy build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Thresh used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better as an ally of Illaoi than with most other typical builds. In fact, Thresh had an average win rate of 46.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Illaoi with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Thresh and Illaoi pairings, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Illaoi with Thresh are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu located above.