Thresh

The Chain Warden

Support / Tank · Mana · Ranged

About

Thresh, the Chain Warden, is a support and tank champion who uses Mana as a resource and attacks at range. Their kit focuses on durability.

On the official scale, difficulty is 7 out of 10: a champion hard and needs practice to perform well.

Compared with other champions, Thresh starts with average HP (620), above average armor (33) and average move speed (330). Attack range is 450 units.

Thresh has 16 skins besides the default look.

Difficulty

Attack5

Defense6

Magic6

Difficulty7

Abilities

Passive · Damnation
Thresh can harvest the souls of enemies that die near him, permanently granting him Armor and Ability Power.
Q · Death Sentence
Thresh binds an enemy in chains and pulls them toward him. Activating this ability a second time pulls Thresh to the enemy.
Cooldown: 19/16.5/14/11.5/9s · Cost: 70
W · Dark Passage
Thresh throws out a lantern that shields nearby allied Champions from damage. Allies can click the lantern to dash to Thresh.
Cooldown: 21/20/19/18/17s · Cost: 50/55/60/65/70
E · Flay
Thresh's attacks wind up, dealing more damage the longer he waits between attacks. When activated, Thresh sweeps his chain, knocking all enemies hit in the direction of the blow.
Cooldown: 13/12.25/11.5/10.75/10s · Cost: 60/65/70/75/80
R (Ultimate) · The Box
A prison of walls that slow and deal damage if broken.
Cooldown: 120/100/80s · Cost: 100

Tips for playing Thresh

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.

Tips for playing against Thresh

Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.

Base stats

HP: 620 (+120 per level)
Mana: 274 (+44 per level)
Armor: 33
Magic resist: 30 (+1.55 per level)
Attack damage: 56
Attack speed: 0.625 (+3.5 per level)
Move speed: 330
Range: 450

Lore

Sadistic and cunning, Thresh is an ambitious and restless specter of the Shadow Isles. Once the custodian of countless arcane secrets, he was undone by a power greater than life or death, and now sustains himself by tormenting and breaking others with slow, excruciating inventiveness. His victims suffer far beyond their brief mortal coil as Thresh wreaks agony upon their souls, imprisoning them in his unholy lantern to torture for all eternity.