Pyke vs Braum
How to Beat Braum as Pyke
based on 1,610 Pyke vs Braum matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Braum Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Braum as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Braum
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 Braum
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
Pyke vs Braum Counter Stats
How to Counter Braum with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some critical Pyke against Braum counter stats that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Braum’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Braum. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Pyke normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Braum. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Braum
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Who is Better, Pyke or Braum?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when facing off against Braum, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes an ok counter to Braum.
While Pyke does have a lower winrate compared to Braum, when on opposite teams, Pyke also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Pyke into Braumas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Braum. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Braum matchups, Braum is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter to Braum. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Braum.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to counter Braum during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Braum. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Pyke versus Braum build include Bloodsong, Axiom Arc, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Braum than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 49.1% battling Braum with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Braum as Pyke, you should use the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Pyke vs Braum counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Braum as Pyke are given for every ranked division. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.