If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
The stats shown on this page clarify some vital Draven against Pyke counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pyke’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Pyke..
Draven usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Pyke. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Draven usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Pyke, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Draven makes an ok counter for Pyke.
While Draven does have a higher win rate compared to Pyke, when they face off with one another, Draven also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Draven into Pykeas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Draven has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pyke. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Draven vs Pyke matchups, Draven is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Draven is a decent counter for Pyke. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Draven against Pyke.
To truly master Draven in order to counter Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven on average picks up much more CS as Pyke. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Draven versus Pyke build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Hubris. When Draven combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Pyke than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 50.1% when countering Pyke with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Pyke as Draven, Draven players should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Legend: Bloodline runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Draven vs Pyke matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.1% winrate overall.
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