Thresh
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Good (7/10)
High Investment Required
Epic Relics
Paid Relics
Thresh requires significant investment to reach his full potential. At lower star levels, he struggles with slow pacing and reliance on specific draws. However, at maximum investment with his signature relic, he transforms into a formidable engine capable of overwhelming the board.
The Chain Warden's Engine
Pulls powerful champions from the deck directly into combat, granting them Tough and Spellshield.
Allows Thresh to be deployed early by sacrificing allies, instantly accelerating his level-up condition.
Shuffles level 2 champions into the deck, providing high-value targets for Soul Lantern to summon.
Strategy
This optimal setup leverages Disciple of Shadows to deploy Thresh early, sacrificing units to trigger his level-up condition and 6-star power.
Oath of the Guardians shuffles powerful champions into the deck, which are then repeatedly summoned attacking by Soul Lantern, creating an overwhelming board presence.
Infinite Thresh Loop
- Summons an ephemeral copy of an allied champion from the deck when attacking.
Grants Scout, allowing Thresh to attack multiple times per round to trigger Soul Lantern repeatedly.
Buffs Thresh's stats to ensure he is the strongest champion in the deck, forcing Soul Lantern to pull copies of himself.
Strategy
This build focuses on a one-turn-kill loop. By using Star Gem to ensure Thresh has the highest power in the deck, Soul Lantern will repeatedly pull ephemeral copies of Thresh himself.
Galeforce allows multiple attacks per round, flooding the board with attacking Threshes and ending encounters rapidly.
Husk Swarm
- Sacrifices allied units upon play, reducing Thresh's cost and triggering death effects.
Generates Husks when units are killed, providing additional death triggers and keywords.
Generates high-value units from the Shadow Isles pool to follow up the initial board flood.
Strategy
Playing small units followed by Thresh instantly triggers Disciple of Shadows, generating multiple Husks via Succubus's Brand.
The deaths of these units rapidly level Thresh and trigger his constellation buffs, while Portal Pals provides large follow-up units to secure the game.
Zoe's Nightmare
Zoe Specialized
Draws a lower-cost card, grants it an Epic item, and reduces its cost to 0.
Grants Epic items to random cards in the deck upon summon.
Provides additional utility and sustain for the combo.
Strategy
Specifically designed for the 10-star Zoe adventure. This intricate combo relies on drafting the 'Counterfeit Copies' power to multiply the 'Homecoming' spell in the deck.
By reducing Thresh's cost through unit deaths, players can repeatedly play him for 0 mana, drawing Homecoming to recall and replay him, triggering Guardian's Orb infinitely.
Scaling Sacrifice
Allows Thresh to consume supported allies, absorbing their stats and keywords.- Generates Husks to feed into Corrupted Star Fragment.
Ensures Thresh permanently retains all keywords from any unit that dies on the board.
Strategy
A highly effective build using only rare relics. Succubus's Brand generates Husks for Thresh to consume with Corrupted Star Fragment, allowing him to consolidate stats and keywords into a single massive unit.
Voidborne Carapace ensures he retains all keywords from fallen allies, making him incredibly difficult to remove.
Other Relic Options
Provides consistency in drawing Thresh, though the extra health granted to allies can sometimes prevent them from dying, which slows down his level-up.
Offers excellent protection against removal-heavy encounters, as Thresh can continuously regenerate the Spellshield whenever an allied unit dies.
Synergizes with impact-heavy builds and ensures Thresh maintains a high power stat to consistently trigger Soul Lantern.
Constellation
Thresh's constellation upgrades pivot his playstyle heavily toward champion summoning and stat scaling. Players disagree about Thresh's design. Some consider his ability to flood the board with massive champions highly entertaining. While others find his reliance on raw stat accumulation uninspired compared to more complex mechanics.
Savor the Screams
Round Start: Grant a random ally +1|+1 for each ally that died last round, as well as all their keywords.
Come Out and Play
+1 Starting Mana. Thresh costs 1 less for each ally that has died this game.
Savor the Screams II
Round Start: Grant a random ally +1|+1 for each unit that died last round, as well as all their keywords.Review
Grants Deathless to support champions. This provides exceptional board stickiness and pairs perfectly with aggressive trading strategies.
Soul Hunt
Game Start: Summon a Warden's Prey.Review
Summons a Warden's Prey on play. While it provides early board presence and fodder for sacrifice effects like Disciple of Shadows, it is generally considered an underwhelming upgrade compared to other champions' 4-star powers.
Manaflow
Game Start: Get a mana gem.Review
Grants an additional Mana Gem. This is a crucial tempo upgrade that significantly accelerates Thresh's deployment, often preferred over his 4-star power for early-game consistency.
Dark Passage
When an ally dies, grant allied champions everywhere +1|+1.Review
Grants +1/+1 to champions everywhere when an ally dies. This provides massive scaling, turning Thresh into a formidable engine when combined with relics that generate Husks or shuffle additional champions into the deck.
Gameplay Tips
- Maximize the Soul Lantern Loop
To ensure Soul Lantern pulls copies of Thresh, his power must be higher than any other champion in the deck. Avoid drafting support champions with high base power, or use relics like Star Gem to artificially inflate Thresh's stats.
- Leverage Husk Deaths
Husks generated by Succubus's Brand count as allied deaths. This rapidly accelerates Thresh's level-up condition and triggers his global constellation buffs.
- Target Favorable Adventures
Thresh excels in the Viego adventure, as his ability to generate Spellshields and scale stats allows him to outlast Viego's removal spells. He is also highly effective in the 10-star Zoe adventure, where the enemy's full starting board facilitates sacrificing units to trigger his abilities.
- Manage Board Space
Thresh's ability to summon multiple units can quickly clog the board. Ensure you have a way to sacrifice or trade small units to make room for the powerful champions pulled by his attack effect.
- Utilize Deathless Mechanics
Thresh's 3-star power grants Deathless to support champions. This provides exceptional board stickiness and pairs perfectly with aggressive trading strategies.