Pyke vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Pyke
based on 2,590 Pyke vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Pyke vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some valuable Pyke versus Gwen matchup statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gwen. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Pyke normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Gwen. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Gwen
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Who is Better, Pyke or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually wins when trying to fight Gwen, with a 52.2% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes a good counter to Gwen.
While Pyke does have a higher winrate than Gwen, when facing one another, Pyke also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Pyke into Gwenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Pyke also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Gwen matchups, Pyke is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Pyke is a good counter for Gwen. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Pyke against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke in order to counter Gwen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke on average accumulates a lot less CS compared to Gwen. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Pyke versus Gwen build include Edge of Night, Bloodsong, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Gwen than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 52.2% battling Gwen with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Gwen as Pyke, Pyke players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Pyke vs Gwen LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Gwen as Pyke are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.