Pyke vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Pyke
based on 7,804 Pyke vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Akali
The Tap version of Bone Skewer is much faster and deals additional damage.
A lot of your agressive spells are also your escapes. Make sure you always have a plan to get out of the fight.
Hitting an enemy with the Hold version of Bone Skewer will always pull them the same distance. Use it in melee range to throw targets behind you.
Pyke is very fragile so don't be afraid to temporarily run from a fight. You can regenerate a significant amount of health from Gift of the Drowned Ones when enemies can't see you.
Advice to Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Pyke vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Pyke in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some influential Pyke versus Akali counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Akali..
Pyke usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Akali. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Akali
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Who is Better, Pyke or Akali?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when taking on Akali, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Pyke makes an ok counter to Akali.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate than Akali, when on opposite teams, Pyke also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Pyke into Akalias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter to Akali. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Pyke in order to counter Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Akali. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Pyke versus Akali build include Umbral Glaive, Hubris, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Akali than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 49.8% when playing against Akali with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Akali as Pyke, Pyke players should take the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Pyke vs Akali counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
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