Skarner vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Skarner
based on 375 Skarner vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Pyke
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
Advice to Win Against Pyke
Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!
When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.
Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.
Skarner vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Skarner in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore some significant Skarner vs. Pyke counter stats that may help you grasp the differences between the two. Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Pyke..
Skarner often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Pyke. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Pyke
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Who is Better, Skarner or Pyke?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually fairs equally well when facing off against Pyke, with a 50.1% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes an ok counter for Pyke.
While Skarner does have a higher win rate compared to Pyke, when facing one another, Skarner also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Skarner into Pyke.
Additionally, Skarner also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pyke. This often 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 Skarner vs Pyke matchups, Skarner is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Skarner is a decent counter for Pyke. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Skarner against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Skarner in order to counter Pyke during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Pyke. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Skarner versus Pyke build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Dead Man's Plate. When Skarner incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Pyke than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 50.1% battling Pyke with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Pyke as Skarner, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Skarner vs Pyke clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.1% winrate overall.
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