Kalista with Pyke
How to Synergize Kalista and Pyke
based on 1,286 Kalista with Pyke pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kalista Pyke Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Pyke
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista Pyke synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Pyke, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kalista sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Pyke. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Pyke helps Kalista perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kalista tries to synergize with Pyke, she sees a small increase in her complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Pyke supports by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played with Pyke on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Pyke.
Additionally, when Kalista plays with Pyke on the same team, she usually takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Pyke does a poor job of covering Kalista in teamfights.
Synergies between Kalista and Pyke
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no top champion pairing for Kalista that will no matter what be her best teammate. However, Pyke is a not very good teammate for Kalista. By locking into the same team as Kalista, he lowers their win rate by -1.4% to 46.0%. This signals that there is a bad strategic relationship between Kalista and Pyke that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Pyke has a lower difficulty than Kalista. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Pyke allies to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to do well with you.
When playing on the same side, Kalista players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by grouping Kalista and Pyke together, you probably will not be providing your side much AP. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their abilities.
Regardless of your Pyke ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to synergize with Pyke during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to prioritize in your Kalista and Pyke synergy build consist of Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting alongside Pyke than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 46.0% helping carry Pyke with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Kalista players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.0% win rate overall.
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