Pyke vs Samira
How to Beat Samira as Pyke
based on 5,857 Pyke vs Samira matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Samira Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Samira Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Samira as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Samira
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.
Pyke vs Samira Counter Stats
How to Counter Samira with Pyke in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some vital Pyke versus Samira matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Samira’s ratio of NaN, showing that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Samira..
Pyke normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Samira. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Samira
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Who is Better, Pyke or Samira?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually loses when playing against Samira, with a 47.4% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes a bad counter to Samira.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate than Samira, when facing one another, Pyke also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Pyke into Samiraas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Pyke also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Samira. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Samira matchups, Samira is the better champ with a 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 bad counter to Samira. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Samira.
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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 Samira during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke often racks up a lot less CS as Samira. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities 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 exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Pyke versus Samira build include Edge of Night, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Pyke included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Samira than with most other common builds. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 47.4% when playing against Samira with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Samira as Pyke, you should use the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Relentless Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Pyke vs Samira clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.4% winrate overall.
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