Pyke vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Pyke
based on 1,111 Pyke vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Olaf Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Olaf
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 Olaf
Olaf has reduced defenses from damage during Ragnarok, despite being immune to disables. If you can't escape from Olaf during Ragnarok, try focusing your damage on him with your teammates.
Olaf becomes more dangerous the lower life he is. Save your disables to finish him off.
Preventing Olaf from reaching his axe will minimize the amount of harassment he can cause in the laning phase.
Pyke vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some significant Pyke vs. Olaf counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Olaf’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Olaf. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Pyke typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Olaf. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Olaf
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Who is Better, Pyke or Olaf?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when facing off against Olaf, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes an ok counter for Olaf.
While Pyke does have a higher winrate compared to Olaf, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Olafas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Pyke has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Olaf. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Olaf matchups, Pyke is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Pyke is a decent counter to Olaf. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Pyke against Olaf.
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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 Olaf during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke usually racks up a lot less CS as Olaf. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Pyke versus Olaf build include Bloodsong, Hubris, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Olaf than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 50.6% battling Olaf with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Olaf 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 that we analyzed for Pyke vs Olaf fights, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.6% win rate overall.
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