Thresh Counters Classic 26.22

Alistar runs away with this one, and the second press of Death Sentence is why. Thresh rides his own chain onto the target, which parks him inside Pulverize, where the knockup runs one and a half seconds at every rank. Trample lights up under you on any cast, damaging whatever stands close.

Trade while Triumphant Roar is up. It restores you, hands friendly units nearby half of that, and comes back every twelve seconds at any rank, two seconds sooner for each enemy that drops close. Those deaths do not feed Damnation. Thresh harvests souls from your dead near him, and the armor and ability power stay.

Unbreakable Will takes every Disabling effect off you the instant you press it, then cuts incoming physical and magical damage by seventy percent at rank three across seven seconds. It clears what is already on you, not what arrives next. Rank three still leaves eighty seconds between presses, the longest wait anywhere in this kit.

Ezreal's whole kit runs on connecting. Rising Spell Force adds a tenth of your attack speed per hit for five seconds and stacks five times, and a Mystic Shot that lands takes a second off every cooldown you hold. Rank five puts the bolt back in four seconds. Hit nothing and neither reward arrives.

Arcane Shift puts distance back, but pressing Death Sentence a second time rides Thresh to you, and the blink's homing bolt hits the nearest enemy unit rather than one you pick. Wait for that second press before you blink: nine seconds at rank five, seventeen at rank one, ninety mana either way.

Aim Essence Flux so the line clips your partner. Enemy champions it hits lose a quarter of their attack speed at rank five, while allied champions in it restore health and gain that same speed, five seconds either way. None of that helps once Flay has swept you somewhere you did not choose to stand.

Let the chain land. Death Sentence pulls its target toward Thresh, which is where Leona already wanted to stand. Shield of Daybreak rides your next basic attack, so you have to be swinging. Sunlight sits on whatever your spells touch for three seconds and a half. Land on him and allied champions collect that mark.

Zenith Blade dashes Leona onto the final champion in its path and drops a brief Root there, holding him in place. Shield of Daybreak is the press that stops him acting instead, and its Stun holds for a second and a quarter. Seven seconds between Shield of Daybreak presses at rank five.

Eclipse makes the trade survivable. It hands you seventy Armor and Magic Resist at rank five, three seconds, then three more if an enemy is close when it ends. Solar Flare slows enemies under the beam and stuns anyone in its center. Neither answers The Box. Its walls slow you, and breaking one damages you.