Veigar vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Veigar
based on 4,566 Veigar vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Veigar vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Veigar vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Veigar
Tips for Playing as Veigar against Pyke
Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.
Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.
Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.
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.
Veigar vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Veigar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several important Veigar vs. Pyke counter stats that can help us understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Pyke..
Veigar typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Pyke. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Veigar and Pyke
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Who is Better, Veigar or Pyke?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Veigar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Pyke, with a 49.2% win rate. As a result, Veigar makes an ok counter to Pyke.
While Veigar does have a lower winrate compared to Pyke, when facing one another, Veigar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Veigar into Pykeas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Veigar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pyke. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Pyke matchups, Pyke is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Veigar is a somewhat poor counter to Pyke. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Veigar against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Veigar 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 mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Veigar often picks up much more CS compared to Pyke. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Veigar versus Pyke build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Luden's Companion. When Veigar bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Pyke than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Veigar had an average win rate of 49.2% when playing against Pyke with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Pyke as Veigar, Veigar players 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 runes players used for Veigar vs Pyke LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.2% winrate overall.
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