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.
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
The Pyke Aatrox synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aatrox, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Pyke sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aatrox. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Aatrox helps Pyke perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Pyke is an ally to Aatrox, he gets a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Aatrox does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played together with Aatrox on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Aatrox. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Aatrox.
Moreover, when Pyke plays with Aatrox on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Aatrox does a decent job of covering Pyke in teamfights.
There is no one best champion pairing for Pyke that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, Aatrox is a very typical ally for Pyke. By playing on the same team as Pyke, he increases their win rate by 0.7% to 49.8%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Pyke and Aatrox that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Aatrox has a much lower diffuclty than Pyke. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Aatrox comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing together, Pyke players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by bringing Pyke and Aatrox together, you probably will not be giving your other allies much AP. Make sure to include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their potential.
Regardless of your Aatrox ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke in order to work well with Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to have in your Pyke and Aatrox synergy build consist of Edge of Night, Bloodsong, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Aatrox than with many other common item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 49.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Aatrox with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should use the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Relentless Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Pyke and Aatrox pairings, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.8% win rate overall.
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