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.
Try to coordinate high-damage abilities with your allies right after Dr. Mundo uses his ultimate, but if you're unable to kill him quickly with burst he will heal through the damage.
Try casting Ignite when Dr. Mundo uses Sadism to negate a large portion of its healing.
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some significant Pyke versus Dr. Mundo matchup stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Dr. Mundo’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Dr. Mundo..
Pyke often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Dr. Mundo. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Pyke usually loses when facing off against Dr. Mundo, with a 47.4% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes a bad counter for Dr. Mundo.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Dr. Mundo, 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 may get destroyed when picking Pyke into Dr. Mundoas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Dr. Mundo. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Dr. Mundo matchups, Dr. Mundo is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Pyke is a garbage counter for Dr. Mundo. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Dr. Mundo.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to counter Dr. Mundo during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke often accumulates a lot less CS relative to Dr. Mundo. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Pyke versus Dr. Mundo build include Bloodsong, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Pyke incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Dr. Mundo than with most other common item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 47.4% battling Dr. Mundo with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Dr. Mundo as Pyke, Pyke players 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 builds players chose for Pyke vs Dr. Mundo matchups, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.4% win rate overall.
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