Support Matchup

Taric vs Thresh

Patch: 15.16 (25.16)
League: Platinum+
Taric

Taric

the Shield of Valoran
Support
Taric Support Overall Win Rate
53.56%

Matchup Win Rate

54.9%
Taric vs Thresh Wins
45.1%
Thresh vs Taric Wins
Thresh

Thresh

the Chain Warden
Support
Thresh Support Overall Win Rate
50.74%

Taric vs Thresh - Support Matchup Guide Patch 15.16 (25.16)

Taric Support vs Thresh Support - Who is stronger?

Taric Support performs well against Thresh (54.9% win rate) based on 617 games. This matchup works well for Taric players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Taric Support vs Thresh Support in patch 15.16 (25.16), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 70%+ in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

While Taric remains a niche pick (1.3% pick rate, 37th place out of 53 Support champions), Thresh dominates the current meta support with 13.2% popularity. Mastering this matchup is crucial for Taric players - you'll face Thresh in the majority of your games. Even tiers, uneven results: Both champions sit at A+-tier, but Taric claims a meaningful 54.9% vs 45.1% advantage. Taric's kit synergizes better in this specific head-to-head matchup. Taric shows excellent consistency, combining a strong 53.6% overall win rate with matchup success. Amplify your advantage: The Glacial Augment + Magical Footwear rune setup achieves 61.4% win rate (9.7% popularity), while the core build Locket of the Iron Solari > Frozen Heart > Knight's Vow with Plated Steelcaps (70%+ win rate) lets you snowball advantages into guaranteed victories by 15 minutes.

Lane wins, vision lags: While winning the matchup (54.87%), Taric trails in vision control (0.89 vs 1.02 wards/min). Better map coverage could unlock even greater team advantages. Quality over quantity: Taric wins through smart play rather than raw damage - despite lower DPS (263 vs 301/min), the 54.9% win rate shows superior utility, positioning, and team fight impact. Statistical dominance: Taric leads in both matchup win rate (54.9%) and KDA (2.80 vs 2.70) - complete superiority across all metrics.

Taric vs Thresh - Support Stats Comparison

Taric Support
Taric Support
Versus
Thresh Support
Thresh Support
A+TierA+
54.9%Matchup Winrate45.1%
53.56%Role Winrate50.74%
#1Winrate Rank#22
1.3%Pickrate13.2%
2.8Average KDA2.7
284Gold per Minute296
0.89Wards per Minute1.02
263Damage per Minute301

How to Beat Thresh as Taric (Support)

The Taric versus Thresh matchup as support is favorable with proper positioning. Use your statistical advantage and prevent the opponent from realizing their potential.

Taric deals mixed damage - the opponent has fewer options for defense. Meanwhile, Thresh deals primarily magic damage (75.04%), additional magic resistance may be required.

Consider the excellent vision control demonstrated by Thresh, ranking 6th (versus 29th for Taric) in ward placement among supports. This means the opponent provides better map vision for their team. Meanwhile, their lower KDA (2.7 versus 2.8) suggests they are less effective in team fights.

Key aspects of the Taric Support versus Thresh Support matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Taric player to maintain constant pressure on Thresh, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Taric vs Thresh: Support Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Ignite Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
58.6% Win Rate48.4% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Heal Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
58.9% Win Rate15.3% Pick Rate

Taric vs Thresh: Support Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Inspiration
Glacial Augment
Glacial Augment Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays to emanate from them towards you and other nearby champions, creating frozen zones for 3 (+ the immobilizing effect's duration) seconds that slow enemies for 20% (+90% per 100% Heal and Shield Power) (+6% per 100 Ability Power) (+7% per 100 bonus Attack Damage) and reduce their damage by 15% against your allies (not including yourself).

Cooldown: 25s

Glacial Augment

Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays to emanate from them towards you…

Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots before then. For each takedown you acquire the boots 45s sooner.

Slightly Magical Footwear grants you an additional 10 Move Speed.

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight +18 Summoner Spell Haste
+10 Item Haste

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Secondary Path
Resolve
Conditioning
Conditioning After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.

Conditioning

After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magi…

Revitalize
Revitalize Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.

Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.

Revitalize

Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% str…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

58.4% Win Rate60.9% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Inspiration
Glacial Augment
Glacial Augment Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays to emanate from them towards you and other nearby champions, creating frozen zones for 3 (+ the immobilizing effect's duration) seconds that slow enemies for 20% (+90% per 100% Heal and Shield Power) (+6% per 100 Ability Power) (+7% per 100 bonus Attack Damage) and reduce their damage by 15% against your allies (not including yourself).

Cooldown: 25s

Glacial Augment

Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays to emanate from them towards you…

Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots before then. For each takedown you acquire the boots 45s sooner.

Slightly Magical Footwear grants you an additional 10 Move Speed.

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight +18 Summoner Spell Haste
+10 Item Haste

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Secondary Path
Precision
Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.

Takedowns restore 15% of your maximum mana or energy.

Cooldown for damage restoration: 8s

Presence of Mind

Damaging an enemy champion restores 6-50 (80% for ranged) mana or 6 energy.Take…

Legend: Haste
Legend: Haste Gain 1.5 basic ability haste for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).

Earn progress toward Legend stacks for every champion takedown, epic monster takedown, large monster kill, and minion kill.

Legend: Haste

Gain 1.5 basic ability haste for every Legend stack (max 10 stacks).Earn progre…

Adaptive
Attack Speed
Attack Speed Increases attack speed by 10%

Attack Speed

Increases attack speed by 10%

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

61.4% Win Rate9.7% Pick Rate

Taric vs Thresh: Support Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
World Atlas
World Atlas (400 gold)
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
53.1% Win Rate81.5% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed

Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
58.7% Win Rate48.9% Pick Rate
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity

61.3% Win Rate18.4% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed

Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
51.4% Win Rate14.6% Pick Rate
Core Build
Kindlegem
Kindlegem (800 gold) 200 Health
10 Ability Haste

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Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari (2200 gold) 200 Health
25 Armor
25 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste

Devotion
Grant nearby allies a 200 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
Winter's Approach
Winter's Approach (2400 gold) 550 Health
500 Mana
15 Ability Haste

Awe
Gain Health.
Manaflow (8s, max 4 charges)
Landing Attacks and Abilities grant 3 max Mana (doubled vs. champions).
Transforms into Fimbulwinter at 360 max Mana.
Knight's Vow
Knight's Vow (2300 gold) 200 Health
40 Armor
10 Ability Haste
100% Base Health Regen

Sacrifice
While near your Worthy ally, take 12% of the damage they receive and heal for 10% of the damage they deal to champions.Pledge (0s)
Designate an ally as Worthy.
74.1% Win Rate16.8% Pick Rate
Final Build
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Jak'Sho, The Protean (3200 gold) 350 Health
45 Armor
45 Magic Resist

Voidborn Resilience
After 5 seconds of champion combat, increase your bonus Armor and Magic Resist by 30% until end of combat.
0.0% Win Rate100.0% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
World Atlas
World Atlas (400 gold)
74.5% Win Rate1.4% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Symbiotic Soles
Symbiotic Soles (900 gold) 40 Move Speed
Voidborn
Gain Empowered Recall.
Symbiosis
After traveling 150000 units of distance, transform into Synchronized Souls.
100.0% Win Rate0.7% Pick Rate
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity

61.3% Win Rate18.4% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed

Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
58.7% Win Rate48.9% Pick Rate
Core Build
Kindlegem
Kindlegem (800 gold) 200 Health
10 Ability Haste

->
Locket of the Iron Solari
Locket of the Iron Solari (2200 gold) 200 Health
25 Armor
25 Magic Resist
10 Ability Haste

Devotion
Grant nearby allies a 200 - 360 Shield that decays over 2.5 seconds.
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart (2500 gold) 75 Armor
400 Mana
20 Ability Haste

Winter's Caress
Reduce the Attack Speed of nearby champions by 20%.
Knight's Vow
Knight's Vow (2300 gold) 200 Health
40 Armor
10 Ability Haste
100% Base Health Regen

Sacrifice
While near your Worthy ally, take 12% of the damage they receive and heal for 10% of the damage they deal to champions.Pledge (0s)
Designate an ally as Worthy.
100.0% Win Rate2.1% Pick Rate
Final Build
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Jak'Sho, The Protean (3200 gold) 350 Health
45 Armor
45 Magic Resist

Voidborn Resilience
After 5 seconds of champion combat, increase your bonus Armor and Magic Resist by 30% until end of combat.
0.0% Win Rate100.0% Pick Rate
Other Items

Taric vs Thresh: Support Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Starlight's Touch Heals nearby allied champions based on charges stored. Bravado-empowered attacks grant a charge of Starlight's Touch.
Q
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Q
W
W
Bastion Passively increase the Armor of Taric and any allied champion with Bastion.

Actively shields an ally and grants them Bastion for as long as they remain near Taric. Taric's spells also cast off the ally with Bastion.
W
W
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Dazzle Taric readies a beam of starlight that, after a brief delay, deals magic damage and stuns enemies.
E
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R
R
Cosmic Radiance Pulses cosmic energy onto nearby allied champions after a delay, making them invulnerable for a short duration.
R
R
R
Max Order: E > Q > W
50.2% Win Rate35.9% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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Starlight's Touch Heals nearby allied champions based on charges stored. Bravado-empowered attacks grant a charge of Starlight's Touch.
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Bastion Passively increase the Armor of Taric and any allied champion with Bastion.

Actively shields an ally and grants them Bastion for as long as they remain near Taric. Taric's spells also cast off the ally with Bastion.
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Dazzle Taric readies a beam of starlight that, after a brief delay, deals magic damage and stuns enemies.
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Cosmic Radiance Pulses cosmic energy onto nearby allied champions after a delay, making them invulnerable for a short duration.
R
R
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Max Order: E > W > Q
84.7% Win Rate2.9% Pick Rate

Taric tips:

  • The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
  • Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
  • Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.

Playing Against Thresh

  • Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
  • Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
  • Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.