Thresh vs Taric Counter Pick

Cosmic Radiance flattens the win condition. A hook that lands, a Flay that follows and a Box that traps still produce nothing when the target turns invulnerable for the duration, and that single ability outweighs any stat comparison in the matchup. Across 1,285 games on patch 16.13.1 Thresh returns 48.8%, an even rating that leans against him.

Armor is the second problem. Taric carries 40 at level one and 113.1 at eighteen, and Bastion passively raises the armor of both himself and the ally holding the buff. Thresh’s armor is listed at 33 for the entire game, because Damnation rather than levelling supplies his growth, and souls are difficult to farm against a support who keeps his carry topped up with Starlight’s Touch.

The edge Thresh keeps is distance and disruption: 450 units of attack range against 150, a Death Sentence that opens fights from outside the Dazzle beam, and Dark Passage protecting a carry that Bravado-empowered attacks would otherwise burst. Movement runs 330 against 340, so walking away is never guaranteed. A difficulty spread of 7 against 3 explains the even result more honestly than the kits do, since one plan is cheap to execute and the other is not. Dazzle and Cosmic Radiance are described in full on the Taric profile.