Bard vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Bard
based on 3,881 Bard vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Pyke
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
Advice to Win Against Pyke
Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!
When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.
Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.
Bard vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some strategic Bard against Pyke matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pyke’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Pyke. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Bard typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Pyke. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Bard and Pyke
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Who is Better, Bard or Pyke?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Bard usually wins when trying to fight Pyke, with a 52.4% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a good counter for Pyke.
While Bard does have a higher winrate compared to Pyke, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Bard into Pykeas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Bard has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pyke. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Bard vs Pyke matchups, Bard is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Bard is a good counter to Pyke. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Bard against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order to counter Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard often gets a similar amount of CS as Pyke. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Bard versus Pyke build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Pyke than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 52.4% when playing against Pyke with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Pyke as Bard, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Bard vs Pyke LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.4% winrate overall.
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