Taric vs Thresh
Favorable matchup
You are stronger late game. Farm safe and avoid early trades.
Build vs Thresh
Build adapted to this matchup
Recommended items for Taric: Tear of the Goddess, Locket of the Iron Solari, Fimbulwinter, Plated Steelcaps, Knight's Vow, Solstice Sleigh, Dream Maker, Celestial Opposition.
Starting items
Core build
Standard
Summoner spells
Anti CC
Other options
Power Spikes
Strength by game phase
Thresh's abilities
Passive, spells and ultimate
Thresh can harvest the souls of enemies that die near him, permanently granting him Armor and Ability Power.
Cooldowns
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 |
Playing as Taric
Tips to maximize your impact
- Two autos after each spell
Weave in two autos after each spell: Bravado (passive) empowers them with bonus magic damage, and each one lowers your cooldowns.
- A second angle with your bound ally
Bind to an ally with Bastion (W): while they stay close, all your spells also cast from them, Dazzle (E) included, which gives you a second stun angle.
- Heal with all your charges
Cast Starlight's Touch (Q) when its charges are full: it consumes them all to heal nearby allies, for the same 60 mana cost.
- Cast your ult before the burst
Cast Cosmic Radiance (R) as soon as the teamfight is coming, not at the last moment: the invulnerability only kicks in after a delay, and only for nearby allies.
Playing against Thresh
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.
Other Taric matchups
Patch 16.21.1