Pyke vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Pyke
based on 833 Pyke vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Nidalee
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 Nidalee
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.
Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Pyke vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some critical Pyke versus Nidalee matchup statistics that may help you grasp the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nidalee..
Pyke usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Nidalee. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Pyke or Nidalee?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually wins when playing against Nidalee, with a 53.1% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes a great counter for Nidalee.
While Pyke does have a higher win rate compared to Nidalee, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Pyke into Nidaleeas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Nidalee matchups, Pyke is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Pyke is a great counter to Nidalee. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Pyke in order to counter Nidalee during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nidalee. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Pyke versus Nidalee build consist of Bloodsong, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Pyke bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Nidalee than with many other common item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 53.1% when playing against Nidalee with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Nidalee as Pyke, Pyke players 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 runes we have analyed for Pyke vs Nidalee battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.1% winrate overall.
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