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Thresh ARAM Build 26.22

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On a single narrow bridge, Thresh's Death Sentence has easy pickings, yanking someone off the choke and into your packed team. With no recall to save a focused ally, the Dark Passage lantern is a lifeline, The Box walls the clumped fight, and Flay peels a diver off your backline. Build utility and swing every teamfight from the front.

#31 of 58 champions this patch · 79 games
Win rate50.6%+2.9Games79Pick rate10.4%Last 8 patches+1.1 since 26.15Damage profilei
AP
AD
AP 74%AD 21%True 5%
DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays
ClassicModernARAMCounter
ARAM BalanceDamage taken+5%1 ability change ↓

Thresh Item Build

Thresh gets more mileage the more often his tools are up, so ability haste leads his build, trimming the wait on his hook, lantern, and wall through a fight that never pauses, while armor and health keep him in the thick of it. The Abyss adds a bonus his Rift games ration slowly, since bodies die constantly on one bridge and his passive banks stats off every soul that drops nearby.

Standard loadout · Thresh The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.
Starting items 1400g Giant's Belt×1Health Potion×2Tear of the Goddess×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ››› Boots Mercury's Treads76% · 53.8%Plated Steelcaps24% · 50.0%
Situational items
vs AP threatsbuy this gameTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.KKaenic Rookern2343.5%
vs AD threatsbuy this gamePhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.UUnending Despair1963.2%TThornmail2454.2%

Best Thresh Runes

Aftershock pairs with a champion who scales through the whole game on the Abyss, since Thresh's souls pile up permanent power the longer the endless fight rages. He is threading Death Sentence hooks across the choke and peeling with Flay, so the page backs up his catch and his scaling. Build to keep him durable enough to stay in the middle of the clump.

The pre-game page Aftershock · Resolve + Precision · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards
Resolve Primary AftershockAfter immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you. Font of Life73% · 55.2%Bone Plating62% · 44.9%Overgrowth70% · 56.4% Keystone plus three minors from Resolve, two from Precision, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.
Precision Secondary Legend: Haste68% · 53.7%Presence of Mind66% · 55.8%
Stat shards OffenseAbility Haste+8 Ability HasteFlexHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)DefenseHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)
Shards give +8Ability Haste+20–180 Health (by level)
Thresh wants Heartsteel first, then Warmog's Armor, so his hooks and shields land with real weight in the endless 5v5. Every Death Sentence dragged out of the enemy clump on the narrow bridge can start a chain that ends the fight, and Dark Passage throws a lantern to yank a falling ally to safety. Build the utility that makes his catches matter.

Thresh Skill Order

Dark Passage waits until level 14 for a second rank, so the lantern shield stays small while Death Sentence and Flay absorb the points through 13. Damnation covers the shortfall on the Abyss, banking two stacks per soul, which outpaces what another rank of the lantern would give.

Skill order · Thresh R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always
PriorityRR›QQ›EE›WW›Max Q first; E at level 3.
Lv 123456789101112131415161718
Q14579max 9
W214151718max 18
E38101213max 13
R61116max 16
Open on Q for the hook that carries his weight through the packed bridge, since Death Sentence starts every pickoff. Level E next and leave W for last, so Flay peels divers off your carries and The Box walls the enemy clump into your team when the 5v5 erupts. Keep Dark Passage ready to lantern a caught ally out of the pile.

Thresh Changes This Patch

Stat & ability changesPatch 26.22
  • Attack damage56 54Nerf
  • R Damage250 / 400 / 550 200 / 350 / 500Nerf

Thresh ARAM Abilities

Flay hides a passive most people ignore, its autos winding up to hit harder the longer he waits between them, so a patient Thresh punches for a real chunk. Damnation quietly makes him scale, since each harvested soul grants ability power, not just the armor you expect on a tank.

Abilities on the Abyss · Threshpatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown
DamnationPassivePDeath SentenceMax 1stQDark PassageMax lastWFlayMax 2ndEThe BoxUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.
Death SentenceMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+50 per rank+90% APlv 1100lv 4150lv 5200lv 7250lv 9300Cooldown-2.5 per ranklv 119slv 416.5slv 514slv 711.5slv 99sConstant at every rankCost70same at all ranks
Abyss changeloghow the Abyss re-balances Thresh: entries touching the selected ability light upDamage taken+5%champion tuningDamnationStacks per soul changed to 2.

Thresh Base Stats

Base stats · ThreshPatch 26.22
Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD54+2.2AS0.625+3.5%MS330Range450HP620+120HP57+0.55Armor33MR30+1.55MP274+44MP56+0.8
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