Kog'Maw with Pyke
How to Synergize Kog'Maw and Pyke
based on 784 Kog'Maw with Pyke pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kog'Maw Pyke Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Kog'Maw and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Kog'Maw with Pyke
Make the most out of your Icathian Surprise.
Use Void Ooze to set up a perfect Living Artillery.
Kog'Maw can outrange most champions with his Bio-Arcane Barrage ability.
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.
Kog'Maw Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Kog'Maw in LoL
The Kog'Maw 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, Kog'Maw sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Pyke. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Pyke helps Kog'Maw perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kog'Maw tries to synergize with Pyke, he sees a little increase in his complete damage output. This may indicate that Pyke helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kog'Maw is played alongside 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 Kog'Maw plays with Pyke on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Pyke does a poor job of covering Kog'Maw in teamfights.
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Is Kog'Maw better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no one best champion pairing for Kog'Maw that will always be his #1 synergy. However, Pyke is a below average ally for Kog'Maw. By playing on the same team as Kog'Maw, he lowers their win rate by -2.8% to 46.2%. This signals that there is a harmful bond between Kog'Maw and Pyke that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Pyke has a greater difficulty than Kog'Maw. That means you must be very careful when lining up Pyke allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing alongside, Kog'Maw players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by grouping Kog'Maw and Pyke together, you probably will not be giving your other allies a lot of tankyness. Plan to have other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Pyke teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Kog'Maw in order to synergize with Pyke during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to have in your Kog'Maw and Pyke synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kog'Maw incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Pyke than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kog'Maw boasted an average win rate of 46.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Pyke with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.2% win rate overall.
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