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How to Synergize Thresh with Kai'Sa on the Same TeamThresh is in the a tier of champions

Thresh with Kai'Sa

How to Win With Thresh and Kai'Sa Paired TogetherThresh is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Thresh and Kai'Sa

based on 7,145 Thresh with Kai'Sa pairs
Win Rate
46.5 %
K/D/A
2.57
Pick Rate
4.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Thresh has been on the same team as Kai'Sa in 7145 recently played, ranked matches. By accumulating so much complete data directly from the hosts of LoL, we are completely sure that we can produce robust, accurate builds to help Thresh synergize with Kai'Sa. It is somewhat uncommon for Thresh to play with Kai'Sa on the same team. This has only happened in approximately 4.8% of games with Thresh.

Thresh Kai'Sa Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Thresh has done a pathetic job of fighting on the same side as Kai'Sa. Typically, he wins a poor 46.5% of the time the champs play on the same team. If you want to do better as Thresh when playing alongside Kai'Sa by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Thresh vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsMobility Boots

Core Thresh Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailFrozen HeartLocket of the Iron Solari

Optional Items

Unending DespairRedemptionKnight's VowForce of Nature

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
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
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
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Thresh and Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Thresh with Kai'Sa

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 Kai'Sa Will Play

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

Thresh Kai'Sa Synergy Stats

Thresh Image
Win Rate
46.5 %
VS
Win Rate
53.5 %
Kai'Sa Image
2.1
< Kills >
2.2
6.3
< Deaths >
6.2
14.1
< Assists >
14.1
0.37
< Killing Sprees >
0.39
33
< Minions Killed >
34
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,191
< Physical Damage >
1,225
7,179
< Magic Damage >
7,197
782
< True Damage >
778
9,153
< Damage Dealt >
9,201
21,892
< Damage Taken >
21,838
8,561
< Gold Earned >
8,591
1.72
< Towers >
1.79
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,339
< Total Healing >
2,366
10,586
< Experience >
10,536
56
< Vision Score >
55
24
< Wards Placed >
23
267
< Time Dealing CC >
263

How to Play with Kai'Sa as Thresh in LoL

The Thresh Kai'Sa synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kai'Sa, 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 Kai'Sa. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kai'Sa helps Thresh perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Thresh tries to synergize with Kai'Sa, he sees a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This difference may signal that Kai'Sa does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Thresh is played with Kai'Sa on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Kai'Sa. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kai'Sa.

Additionally, when Thresh plays with Kai'Sa on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Kai'Sa does a poor job of covering Thresh in team fights.

Synergies between Thresh and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

Thresh
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Thresh
Kai'Sa

Is Thresh better when played alongside Kai'Sa?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Thresh that will always be his top teammate. However, overall, Kai'Sa is a below average ally for Thresh. By playing on the same side as Thresh, she lowers their win rate by -2.0% to 46.5%. This signals that there is a bad bond between Thresh and Kai'Sa that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Kai'Sa has a lower difficulty than Thresh. That means Thresh players don't need to be cautious when finding Kai'Sa allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.

When playing together, Thresh players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Conversely, by pairing Thresh and Kai'Sa together, you probably will not be giving your side enough magic damage. Plan to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Kai'Sa ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Thresh Players

How We Calculated Our Thresh Kai'Sa Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Thresh and Kai'Sa, we analyzed 7,145 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 Kai'Sa 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Thresh to work well with Kai'Sa during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to have in your Thresh and Kai'Sa synergy build include Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Thresh used at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Kai'Sa than with most other common item sets. In fact, Thresh boasted an average winrate of 46.5% when playing alongside Kai'Sa with this build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cosmic Insight, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Kai'Sa with Thresh are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.