Braum with Pyke
How to Synergize Braum and Pyke
based on 77 Braum with Pyke pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Braum Pyke Synergy Summary
Best Braum vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Braum and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Braum with Pyke
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
Advice to Understand How Pyke Will Play
The Tap version of Bone Skewer is much faster and deals additional damage.
A lot of your agressive spells are also your escapes. Make sure you always have a plan to get out of the fight.
Hitting an enemy with the Hold version of Bone Skewer will always pull them the same distance. Use it in melee range to throw targets behind you.
Pyke is very fragile so don't be afraid to temporarily run from a fight. You can regenerate a significant amount of health from Gift of the Drowned Ones when enemies can't see you.
Braum Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Braum in LoL
The Braum Pyke synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Pyke, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Braum sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Pyke. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Pyke helps Braum perform poorer in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Braum tries to synergize with Pyke, he gets a clear improvement in his complete damage output. This could signal that Pyke supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Braum is played together with Pyke on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Pyke.
Moreover, when Braum plays with Pyke on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Pyke does a poor job of covering Braum in team fights.
Synergies between Braum and Pyke
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Is Braum better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no top companion for Braum that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. However, Pyke is a terrible ally for Braum. By being on the same team as Braum, he lowers their win rate by -4.6% to 46.8%. This shows that there is an easy to overcome and exploit synergy between Braum and Pyke that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Pyke has a much greater difficulty compared to Braum. That means Braum players need to be careful when finding Pyke teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing together, Braum players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by grouping Braum and Pyke together, you probably will not be giving your side a great deal of AP. We recommend you include other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Pyke teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Braum to work well with Pyke during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to use in your Braum and Pyke synergy build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Braum combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Pyke than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Braum boasted an average win rate of 46.8% helping carry Pyke with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.8% win rate overall.
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