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.
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
The stats shown on this page highlight some important Pyke against Jhin matchup stats that may help us explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jhin’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Jhin..
Pyke normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Jhin. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but 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.
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when taking on Jhin, with a 49.6% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes an ok counter to Jhin.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate than Jhin, when facing one another, Pyke also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Jhinas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jhin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter to Jhin. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Pyke against Jhin.
To learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to counter Jhin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke on average picks up a lot less CS compared to Jhin. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Pyke versus Jhin build consist of Axiom Arc, Hubris, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Jhin than with many other common item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 49.6% when playing against Jhin with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Jhin as Pyke, you should use the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Unflinching, and Bone Plating runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Pyke vs Jhin fights, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.6% win rate overall.
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