Pyke vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Pyke
based on 1,196 Pyke vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Kalista
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 Kalista
Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
Pyke vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some critical Pyke against Kalista matchup statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kalista..
Pyke usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kalista. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Kalista
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Who is Better, Pyke or Kalista?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually wins when taking on Kalista, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes a good counter to Kalista.
While Pyke does have a higher win rate than Kalista, when facing one another, Pyke also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Pyke into Kalistaas 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 utility and CC, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Kalista 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 late stage team fights.
Pyke is a decent counter to Kalista. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Pyke against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke in order to counter Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke typically picks up a lot less CS as Kalista. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Pyke versus Kalista build include Umbral Glaive, Bloodsong, and Axiom Arc. When Pyke incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Kalista than with most other typical builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 51.9% battling Kalista with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Kalista as Pyke, you 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 sets players picked for Pyke vs Kalista LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.9% win rate overall.
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