Vel'Koz vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Vel'Koz
based on 2,467 Vel'Koz vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Pyke
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
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.
Vel'Koz vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some influential Vel'Koz vs. Pyke matchup stats that can help us explain the differences between the two. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Pyke..
Vel'Koz normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Pyke. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Pyke
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Pyke?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually loses when taking on Pyke, with a 48.1% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes a poor counter for Pyke.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower winrate than Pyke, when facing one another, Vel'Koz also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Pykeas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vel'Koz also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pyke. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Vel'Koz vs Pyke matchups, Pyke is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter to Pyke. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vel'Koz against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz to counter Pyke during both the lane 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 tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz on average gets more CS compared to Pyke. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Vel'Koz versus Pyke build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Pyke than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average win rate of 48.1% battling Pyke with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Pyke as Vel'Koz, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Pyke counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.1% winrate overall.
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