Pyke vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Pyke
based on 1,424 Pyke vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Pyke vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several important Pyke vs. Zilean counter stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Pyke typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Zilean. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Zilean
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Who is Better, Pyke or Zilean?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Pyke usually wins when trying to fight Zilean, with a 51.9% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes a good counter to Zilean.
While Pyke does have a higher winrate compared to Zilean, when on opposite teams, Pyke also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Pyke into Zileanas his relative depth means that 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 Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Zilean matchups, Pyke is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a decent counter to Zilean. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Pyke against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke to counter Zilean during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke typically gets a similar amount of CS as Zilean. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Pyke versus Zilean build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Umbral Glaive, and Bloodsong. When Pyke included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Zilean than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 51.9% battling Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Zilean as Pyke, Pyke players should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Zombie Ward, Ingenious Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Pyke vs Zilean battles, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.9% winrate overall.
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