Pyke vs Pantheon
How to Beat Pantheon as Pyke
based on 6,250 Pyke vs Pantheon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Pantheon Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Pantheon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Pantheon
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 Pantheon
Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.
Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.
Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.
Pyke vs Pantheon Counter Stats
How to Counter Pantheon with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some critical Pyke vs. Pantheon matchup stats that may help us explain the distinctions between this pair of champions. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pantheon’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Pantheon..
Pyke often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Pantheon. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Pantheon
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Who is Better, Pyke or Pantheon?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually loses when trying to fight Pantheon, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes a poor counter to Pantheon.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate than Pantheon, when on opposite teams, Pyke also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Pantheonas his relative depth means that 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 Pantheon. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Pantheon matchups, Pantheon is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter to Pantheon. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Pantheon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Pyke in order to counter Pantheon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke typically accumulates less CS relative to Pantheon. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Pyke versus Pantheon build include Umbral Glaive, Edge of Night, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Pantheon than with many other typical builds. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 48.5% when countering Pantheon with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Pantheon 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 rune combinations players chose for Pyke vs Pantheon counters, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.5% winrate overall.
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