Pyke vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Pyke
based on 3,068 Pyke vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Nunu & Willump
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 Nunu & Willump
Interrupting the charge up on Absolute Zero will lower the amount of damage your team takes.
Using Summoner Flash is a surefire way to escape Absolute Zero.
Biggest Snowball Ever moves very fast but cannot turn as quickly, so don't try to escape it by running away in a straight line. Instead, make sudden, sharp turns.
Pyke vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Pyke in LoL
The stats provided here feature some influential Pyke vs. Nunu & Willump matchup stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, showing that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nunu & Willump..
Pyke often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Pyke or Nunu & Willump?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually wins when facing off against Nunu & Willump, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes a good counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Pyke does have a higher win rate compared to Nunu & Willump, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Pyke into Nunu & Willumpas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Pyke is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Pyke is a decent counter for Nunu & Willump. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Pyke to counter Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Nunu & Willump. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Pyke versus Nunu & Willump build consist of Umbral Glaive, Edge of Night, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Nunu & Willump than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 51.7% battling Nunu & Willump with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Nunu & Willump as Pyke, Pyke players 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 combinations players used for Pyke vs Nunu & Willump matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.7% winrate overall.
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