Pyke vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Pyke
based on 5,376 Pyke vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Malphite
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 Malphite
If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.
Pyke vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several valuable Pyke against Malphite counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, showing that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Malphite. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in deaths.
Pyke often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Malphite. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Malphite
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Who is Better, Pyke or Malphite?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually loses when trying to fight Malphite, with a 46.8% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes a bad counter to Malphite.
While Pyke does have a lower winrate compared to Malphite, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Pyke into Malphiteas 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 CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter 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 Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Pyke is a terribly counter for Malphite. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke to counter Malphite during both the lane 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 listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke often picks up a lot less CS compared to Malphite. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Pyke versus Malphite build include Umbral Glaive, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Pyke used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Malphite than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 46.8% battling Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Malphite as Pyke, Pyke players should take the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Relentless Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Pyke vs Malphite matchups, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.8% win rate overall.
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