Shaco · Matchup · Tale 011
Boxing Thresh's Hook
Jul 13, 2026
In this loop
Q travels over the tri-brush wall, straight onto Mel before she can reset the trade
The backstab auto's crit whiffs — a clean hit lands anyway, unremarkable on its own
Jack In The Box drops just in front, not under — placed to eat a hit, not to hide
Thresh's hook comes out on reaction and lands on the box instead of a real target
- 0:00Q travels over the tri-brush wall, straight onto Mel before she can reset the trade
- 0:02The backstab auto's crit whiffs — a clean hit lands anyway, unremarkable on its own
- 0:04Jack In The Box drops just in front, not under — placed to eat a hit, not to hide
- 0:05Thresh's hook comes out on reaction and lands on the box instead of a real target
Missed the crit. Still won the trade. The box doesn't care about backstab.
Level 2, and the wall is the whole plan: Q over it into a gap that’s only open for a beat, straight onto Mel before she can reset the trade. The backstab crit doesn’t land, an auto lands clean but unremarkable, and on paper that’s a worse trade than it should’ve been. Doesn’t matter. The box goes down a half-second later, dropped just in front rather than under, and it’s not there to deal damage, it’s there to eat whatever Thresh throws back. His hook comes out on reaction, the read any support makes when their carry gets jumped, and it never reaches a real target: the box takes it instead. No retaliation, no chain pulling anyone out of position, just minor chip damage on a trade that was already winning before the miss. The crit would’ve been the story. The block is.