Naafiri vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Naafiri
based on 1,611 Naafiri vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Pyke
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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.
Naafiri vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some influential Naafiri vs. Pyke counter stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Pyke..
Naafiri usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their foe does. On average, they receives more damage than Pyke. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Pyke
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Pyke?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Pyke, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes an ok counter for Pyke.
While Naafiri does have a higher winrate compared to Pyke, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a much lower difficulty level that makes them a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Naafiri into Pyke.
Moreover, Naafiri has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pyke. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Pyke matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Naafiri is a decent counter for Pyke. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Naafiri against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri to counter Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri typically accumulates much more CS compared to Pyke. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, 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, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Naafiri versus Pyke build consist of Serylda's Grudge, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Naafiri included at least these three items in their build, they did much better countering Pyke than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 50.9% when countering Pyke with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Pyke as Naafiri, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Naafiri vs Pyke counters, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Pyke as Naafiri are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.