Blitzcrank vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Blitzcrank
based on 5,324 Blitzcrank vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Pyke
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
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.
Blitzcrank vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some important Blitzcrank against Pyke counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Pyke. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Pyke. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Pyke
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Pyke?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when facing off against Pyke, with a 53.9% win rate. Thus, Blitzcrank makes a great counter for Pyke.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher win rate than Pyke, when on opposite teams, Blitzcrank also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Blitzcrank into Pyke.
Additionally, Blitzcrank also 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 facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Pyke matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Blitzcrank is a great counter to Pyke. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Blitzcrank against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Blitzcrank to counter Pyke during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Pyke. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Blitzcrank versus Pyke build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Thornmail. When Blitzcrank included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Pyke than with many other common item sets. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average winrate of 53.9% battling Pyke with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Pyke as Blitzcrank, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Blitzcrank vs Pyke counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.9% winrate overall.
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