Pyke vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Pyke
based on 3,958 Pyke vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Kayle
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 Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Pyke vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Pyke in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several critical Pyke versus Kayle matchup stats that may help you explain the distinctions between the two. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayle’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Kayle..
Pyke normally has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Kayle. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Kayle
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Who is Better, Pyke or Kayle?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually loses when trying to fight Kayle, with a 47.1% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes a poor counter for Kayle.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Kayle, when facing one another, Pyke also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Pyke into Kayleas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a bad counter for Kayle. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Pyke in order to counter Kayle during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke on average accumulates a lot less CS compared to Kayle. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Pyke versus Kayle build include Bloodsong, Hubris, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Kayle than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 47.1% when playing against Kayle with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Kayle 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 builds we have analyed for Pyke vs Kayle counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.1% winrate overall.
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