Pyke vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Pyke
based on 1,376 Pyke vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Taliyah
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 Taliyah
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
Pyke vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several significant Pyke versus Taliyah matchup stats that may help us realize the differences between the two. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Taliyah..
Pyke usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Taliyah. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Taliyah
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Who is Better, Pyke or Taliyah?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when facing off against Taliyah, with a 49.4% win rate. Therefore, Pyke makes an ok counter for Taliyah.
While Pyke does have a lower winrate compared to Taliyah, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Pyke into Taliyahas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Taliyah matchups, Taliyah is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter to Taliyah. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Taliyah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to counter Taliyah during both the early game 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 suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Taliyah. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Pyke versus Taliyah build include Umbral Glaive, Bloodsong, and Opportunity. When Pyke used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Taliyah than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 49.4% battling Taliyah with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Taliyah as Pyke, Pyke players should equip 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 runes that we analyzed for Pyke vs Taliyah counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.
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