Pyke with Amumu
How to Synergize Pyke and Amumu
based on 2,898 Pyke with Amumu pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Pyke Amumu Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Amumu
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Amumu
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.
Advice to Understand How Amumu Will Play
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
Pyke Amumu Synergy Stats
How to Play with Amumu as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Amumu synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Amumu, 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 Amumu. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Amumu helps Pyke perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pyke tries to synergize with Amumu, he sees a little increase in his full damage dealt. This change may signal that Amumu supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played together with Amumu on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Amumu. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Amumu.
Additionally, when Pyke plays with Amumu on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Amumu does a poor job of covering Pyke in team fights.
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Amumu?
There is no one best champion pairing for Pyke that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, Amumu is a relatively poor companion for Pyke. By locking into the same team as Pyke, he decreases their win rate by -1.1% to 48.0%. This shows that there is a negative synergy between Pyke and Amumu that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Amumu has a much lower diffuclty than Pyke. That means Pyke players don't need to be careful when enlisting Amumu allies to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Working alongside, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide utility and CC for your side. When paired, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Conversely, by pairing Pyke and Amumu together, you will not be providing your team very much magical damage output. Plan to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Amumu ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke in order to work well with Amumu during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Pyke and Amumu synergy build include Edge of Night, Bloodsong, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke included at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Amumu than with many other common builds. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 48.0% when playing alongside Amumu with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, Pyke players should equip the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.
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