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.
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
The Pyke Akshan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akshan, 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 Akshan. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Akshan helps Pyke perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Pyke is an ally to Akshan, he gets a little drop in his total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Akshan doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that their participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played alongside Akshan on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Akshan.
Moreover, when Pyke plays with Akshan on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Akshan does a decent job of covering Pyke in team fights.
There is no top champion pairing for Pyke that will no matter what be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Akshan is a very typical ally for Pyke. By locking into the same side as Pyke, they decreases their win rate by -0.3% to 48.8%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Pyke and Akshan that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Akshan has a much lower diffuclty than Pyke. That means Pyke players don't need to be cautious when arranging Akshan allies to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by grouping Pyke and Akshan together, you probably will not be granting your other allies enough magical damage output. We recommend you include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Akshan ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
To learn all of the intricacies of Pyke in order to synergize with Akshan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to have in your Pyke and Akshan synergy build include Umbral Glaive, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Pyke included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Akshan than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 48.8% helping carry Akshan with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Zombie Ward, Ingenious Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.8% winrate overall.
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