Pyke vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Pyke
based on 6,173 Pyke vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Master Yi
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 Master Yi
If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
Pyke vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several influential Pyke versus Master Yi counter stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Master Yi’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Master Yi..
Pyke usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Master Yi. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Pyke or Master Yi?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Pyke usually loses when taking on Master Yi, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes a poor counter for Master Yi.
While Pyke does have a lower winrate compared to Master Yi, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Pyke into Master Yias his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Master Yi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter to Master Yi. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke in order to counter Master Yi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Master Yi. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Pyke versus Master Yi build consist of Hubris, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Pyke used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Master Yi than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 48.4% battling Master Yi with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Master Yi 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. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Pyke vs Master Yi battles, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Master Yi as Pyke are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.