Taliyah vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Taliyah
based on 1,376 Taliyah vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taliyah vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Taliyah vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Taliyah
Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Pyke
Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.
Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.
Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.
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.
Taliyah vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Taliyah in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some influential Taliyah against Pyke matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Pyke..
Taliyah usually has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Pyke. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taliyah and Pyke
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Who is Better, Taliyah or Pyke?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Taliyah usually fairs equally well when taking on Pyke, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Taliyah makes an ok counter to Pyke.
While Taliyah does have a higher win rate compared to Pyke, when on opposite teams, Taliyah also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Taliyah into Pyke.
Additionally, Taliyah also has a good amount of CC and other utility, 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 is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Pyke matchups, Taliyah is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Taliyah is a decent counter to Pyke. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Taliyah against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Taliyah in order to counter Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taliyah on average racks up much more CS as Pyke. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Taliyah versus Pyke build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Taliyah incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Pyke than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Taliyah boasted an average win rate of 50.6% when playing against Pyke with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Pyke as Taliyah, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Taliyah vs Pyke counters, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.6% win rate overall.
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