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.
He gains speed while chasing in a straight line, but taking damage makes him lose that momentum.
Try to get inside his orbit, since his stars can't hurt you up close.
His stars disappear while stunned or silenced, giving you an easy opportunity to fight him.
His Starsurge ability can grow to cover a huge area - don't stay in the same place too long!
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several valuable Pyke versus Aurelion Sol matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aurelion Sol’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Aurelion Sol..
Pyke normally has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Aurelion Sol. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when playing against Aurelion Sol, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes an ok counter for Aurelion Sol.
While Pyke does have a higher win rate than Aurelion Sol, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Pyke into Aurelion Solas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aurelion Sol. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Aurelion Sol matchups, Pyke is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Pyke is a decent counter to Aurelion Sol. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Aurelion Sol.
If you would like to truly master Pyke to counter Aurelion Sol during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Aurelion Sol. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Pyke versus Aurelion Sol build consist of Bloodsong, Hubris, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Aurelion Sol than with many other typical builds. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 50.1% when countering Aurelion Sol with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Aurelion Sol as Pyke, Pyke players should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Zombie Ward, Ingenious Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Pyke vs Aurelion Sol battles, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Aurelion Sol as Pyke are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.