Taric vs Thresh

Taric
vs
56.6%

over 136 games

Thresh

Favorable matchup

Heavy CCHeavy AP damageCountered by spell shieldStrong engage

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

Health Potion
x2

Core build

Tear of the Goddess
1
Locket of the Iron Solari
2
Fimbulwinter
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Knight's Vow
5

Summoner spells

ExhaustFlash38%
FlashDot34%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Knight's Vow
Solstice Sleigh
Dream Maker
Celestial Opposition
Frozen Heart
Zeke's Convergence
Bloodsong
Bandlepipes
Diadem of Songs
Mikael's Blessing
Bramble Vest
Thornmail
Moonstone Renewer
Redemption
Winter's Approach
Ardent Censer
Randuin's Omen
57.1% WR7 games
InspirationInspiration
Glacial AugmentGlacial Augment
Magical FootwearMagical Footwear
Biscuit DeliveryBiscuit Delivery
Cosmic InsightCosmic Insight
ResolveResolve
ConditioningConditioning
RevitalizeRevitalize
Attack SpeedHealth ScalingHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Thresh's abilities

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

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
319s21s13s–
614s21s13s2m
99s20s13s2m
119s19s13s1m40
169s17s11.5s1m20
189s17s10s1m20

Playing as Taric

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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