Pyke vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Pyke
based on 1,724 Pyke vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Pyke vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several important Pyke versus Jayce counter stats that may help us understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jayce’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jayce..
Pyke usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Jayce. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Jayce
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Who is Better, Pyke or Jayce?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Pyke usually wins when taking on Jayce, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes a good counter for Jayce.
While Pyke does have a higher winrate than Jayce, when on opposite teams, Pyke also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Pyke into Jayceas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Pyke also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jayce. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Jayce matchups, Pyke is the better champ with a higher 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 for Jayce. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Pyke to counter Jayce during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke often gets a lot less CS as Jayce. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. 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, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Pyke versus Jayce build include Umbral Glaive, Edge of Night, and Bloodsong. When Pyke bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Jayce than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 51.5% when countering Jayce with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Jayce as Pyke, Pyke players should take the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Pyke vs Jayce clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.5% win rate overall.
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