Ziggs vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Ziggs
based on 1,779 Ziggs vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ziggs vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Ziggs vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Ziggs
Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Pyke
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
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.
Ziggs vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Ziggs in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several critical Ziggs vs. Pyke counter stats that may help us explain the differences between the two. For instance, Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Pyke..
Ziggs normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Pyke. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ziggs and Pyke
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Who is Better, Ziggs or Pyke?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ziggs usually loses when playing against Pyke, with a 47.4% win rate. Therefore, Ziggs makes a bad counter to Pyke.
While Ziggs does have a lower win rate compared to Pyke, when facing one another, Ziggs also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Ziggs into Pyke.
Moreover, Ziggs also has some 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 lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Pyke matchups, Pyke is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Ziggs is a trash counter to Pyke. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Ziggs against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ziggs in order to counter Pyke during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ziggs most often gets much more CS relative to Pyke. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Ziggs versus Pyke build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Pyke than with many other common builds. In fact, Ziggs boasted an average win rate of 47.4% when playing against Pyke with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Pyke as Ziggs, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Ziggs vs Pyke LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.4% winrate overall.
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