Pyke vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Pyke
based on 4,917 Pyke vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Pyke vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several influential Pyke against Varus counter stats that may help us realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Varus..
Pyke usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Varus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Varus
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Who is Better, Pyke or Varus?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Varus, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes an ok counter for Varus.
While Pyke does have a higher win rate compared to Varus, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Varusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Pyke has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Varus matchups, Pyke is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Pyke is a decent counter for Varus. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke to counter Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke most often picks up a lot less CS as Varus. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Pyke versus Varus build include Bloodsong, Axiom Arc, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Varus than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 50.2% when countering Varus with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Varus as Pyke, Pyke players should take the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Relentless Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Pyke vs Varus counters, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.2% winrate overall.
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