Pyke vs Warwick
How to Beat Warwick as Pyke
based on 5,556 Pyke vs Warwick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Warwick Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Warwick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Warwick as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Warwick
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 Warwick
Warwick's attacks heal him at low health. Save your disables to finish him off.
Warwick's ultimate cast range scales with his Move Speed.
Warwick is empowered versus low health enemies. Manage your health to keep him at bay.
Pyke vs Warwick Counter Stats
How to Counter Warwick with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some influential Pyke versus Warwick counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Warwick’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Warwick..
Pyke often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Warwick. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Warwick
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Who is Better, Pyke or Warwick?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when playing against Warwick, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes an ok counter for Warwick.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Warwick, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Warwickas 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 utility and CC, a similar amount to Warwick. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Warwick matchups, Warwick is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter for Warwick. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Warwick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke to counter Warwick 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke on average gets a similar amount of CS relative to Warwick. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Pyke versus Warwick build include Umbral Glaive, Hubris, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Warwick than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 49.9% when playing against Warwick with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Warwick as Pyke, you should equip 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 we have analyed for Pyke vs Warwick counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.9% winrate overall.
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