Pyke vs Rammus
How to Beat Rammus as Pyke
based on 2,606 Pyke vs Rammus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Rammus Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Rammus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rammus as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Rammus
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 Rammus
Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.
Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.
Pyke vs Rammus Counter Stats
How to Counter Rammus with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several vital Pyke versus Rammus counter stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rammus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Rammus..
Pyke often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Rammus. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Rammus
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Who is Better, Pyke or Rammus?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Pyke usually loses when taking on Rammus, with a 45.4% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes a bad counter for Rammus.
While Pyke does have a much lower winrate compared to Rammus, when on opposite teams, Pyke also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Pyke into Rammusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rammus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Rammus matchups, Rammus is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a garbage counter for Rammus. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Rammus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Pyke in order to counter Rammus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Rammus. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Pyke versus Rammus build include Umbral Glaive, Edge of Night, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Rammus than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 45.4% when playing against Rammus with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Rammus 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. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Pyke vs Rammus counter picks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Rammus as Pyke are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.