Pyke vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Pyke
based on 4,029 Pyke vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Malzahar
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 Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Pyke vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown here show some strategic Pyke vs. Malzahar counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Malzahar..
Pyke normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Malzahar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Pyke or Malzahar?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually loses when taking on Malzahar, with a 47.9% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes a bad counter for Malzahar.
While Pyke does have a lower winrate compared to Malzahar, when facing one another, Pyke also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Pyke into Malzaharas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Pyke is a bad counter to Malzahar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Pyke against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke most often accumulates a lot less CS relative to Malzahar. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Pyke versus Malzahar build consist of Umbral Glaive, Hubris, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Malzahar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 47.9% battling Malzahar with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Malzahar as Pyke, Pyke players should take 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 runes players picked for Pyke vs Malzahar counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.9% winrate overall.
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