Sylas vs Thresh

Not enough games

Heavy CCHeavy AP damageCountered by spell shieldStrong engage

You are stronger early. Look to snowball before your opponent scales.

Build vs Thresh

The champion's reference build, for lack of enough games in this matchup

Starting items

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Core build

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2—

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Standard

4CDR

5—

Anti CC

4vs CC

Other options

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Strength by game phase

Passive, spells and ultimate

Damnation (P)

Thresh can harvest the souls of enemies that die near him, permanently granting him Armor and Ability Power.

Cooldowns by spell rank

Level	Q	W	E	R
3	19s	21s	13s	–
6	14s	21s	13s	2m
9	9s	20s	13s	2m
11	9s	19s	13s	1m40
16	9s	17s	11.5s	1m20
18	9s	17s	10s	1m20

Tips to maximize your impact

An auto after each spell
Weave an auto after each spell: Petricite Burst (passive) turns it into a chain swing around you, with bonus magic damage.
Save Kingslayer for low health
Save Kingslayer (W) to finish or to save yourself when your health drops: its healing grows with your missing health.
Abscond, then throw your chain
To engage, cast Abscond (E), then recast within 3.5 seconds: Abduct (E) pulls you to the first enemy hit and knocks them into the air.
Steal the ult that decides the fight
Cast Hijack (R) on the enemy whose ult can turn a teamfight: you keep a copy of it, cast with your own stats.

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

Stay behind your minions
Keep minions between you and Thresh: Death Sentence (Q) stuns and pulls the first unit hit, so one minion is enough to block it.
Step up after a missed hook
Step up when Death Sentence (Q) misses you: he keeps its full cooldown, 19 to 9 seconds, which only goes down if the hook lands.
Don't give him free autos
Don't stay in his range for no reason: Flay (E) charges his autos between hits, and a charged auto hits hard early on.
Beware the first wall of his box
Avoid being the first to break a wall of The Box (R): that one slows and deals full damage. After that, the remaining walls deal no damage.

Patch 16.21.1