Pyke vs Rengar
How to Beat Rengar as Pyke
based on 4,624 Pyke vs Rengar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Rengar Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Rengar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rengar as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Rengar
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 Rengar
Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.
Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.
Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.
Pyke vs Rengar Counter Stats
How to Counter Rengar with Pyke in LoL
The stats provided here feature some critical Pyke versus Rengar counter statistics that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rengar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rengar..
Pyke normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Rengar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Rengar
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Who is Better, Pyke or Rengar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when facing off against Rengar, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes an ok counter for Rengar.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Rengar, when on opposite teams, Pyke also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Pyke into Rengaras 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 CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rengar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Rengar matchups, Rengar is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter to Rengar. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Rengar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Pyke in order to counter Rengar 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 displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke often racks up a similar amount of CS as Rengar. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Pyke versus Rengar build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Bloodsong, and Opportunity. When Pyke used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Rengar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 49.8% when playing against Rengar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Rengar as Pyke, you should take 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 Rengar counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.8% win rate overall.
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