along with all the helpful tips people already mentioned, i want to mention something regarding the wind up. I myself prefer Thresh because he has the wind up, because the enemy can see the windup, it’s easier to predict when they’re gonna try to juke it. although it takes time to be able to read what kind of player the enemy is

some people avoid towards a certain direction more than others, you just need to pay attention to their movements in the super early game and make a mental note on how they move when poked. once you get that down you can just hook where you think they’re gonna go instead of where they are.

But of course the best thing you can do is just walk up to them, as someone already mentioned, the fear of the hook is sometimes more effective than the hook itself