Pyke vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Pyke
based on 3,667 Pyke vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Pyke vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several valuable Pyke vs. Vladimir counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vladimir’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vladimir..
Pyke often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Vladimir. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Pyke or Vladimir?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually loses when facing off against Vladimir, with a 46.6% win rate. Therefore, Pyke makes a poor counter for Vladimir.
While Pyke does have a lower winrate compared to Vladimir, when facing one another, Pyke also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Pyke into Vladimiras his relative depth means 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 Vladimir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Vladimir matchups, Vladimir is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Pyke is a bad counter for Vladimir. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Pyke to counter Vladimir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke on average racks up a lot less CS as Vladimir. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Pyke versus Vladimir build include Bloodsong, Axiom Arc, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Vladimir than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 46.6% when countering Vladimir with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Vladimir 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 sets that we analyzed for Pyke vs Vladimir counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.6% winrate overall.
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