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.
Purchasing Vision Wards can help you detect Evelynn's location in order to prepare for her ambushes.
A large share of Evelynn's threat is in her charm, 'Allure.' Protect allies marked with 'Allure' or, if you are marked, make sure allies are between you and where Evelynn may attack from.
If you suspect Evelynn is about to ambush one of your teammates, let them know by pinging the minimap and typing in chat.
The stat comparisons shown here show several valuable Pyke against Evelynn counter stats that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Evelynn’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Evelynn..
Pyke normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Evelynn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when playing against Evelynn, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Pyke makes an ok counter to Evelynn.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Evelynn, when facing one another, Pyke also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Evelynnas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Pyke has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Evelynn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Evelynn matchups, Evelynn is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter for Evelynn. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Evelynn.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke in order to counter Evelynn during both the lane 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 listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke typically picks up more CS as Evelynn. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Pyke versus Evelynn build consist of Edge of Night, Bloodsong, and Opportunity. When Pyke incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Evelynn than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 49.2% when countering Evelynn with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Evelynn as Pyke, you should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Zombie Ward, Ingenious Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Pyke vs Evelynn face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.2% winrate overall.
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