Pyke with Draven
How to Synergize Pyke and Draven
based on 5,518 Pyke with Draven pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Pyke Draven Synergy Summary
Best Pyke vs Draven Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Draven
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Draven
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 Draven Will Play
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Pyke Draven Synergy Stats
How to Play with Draven as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Draven synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Draven, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Draven. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Draven helps Pyke perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pyke is an ally to Draven, he gets a moderate decrease in his total damage output. This change may signal that Draven does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played alongside Draven 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 Draven.
Additionally, when Pyke plays with Draven on the same side, he typically takes less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Draven does a decent job of protecting Pyke during team fights.
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Draven?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Pyke that will 100% of the time be his best ally. However, overall, Draven is a good ally for Pyke. By playing on the same team as Pyke, he improves their win rate by 1.0% to 50.1%. This signals that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Pyke and Draven that results in them performing better together than alone.
Draven has a greater difficulty than Pyke. That means you must be careful when finding Draven comrades to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by aligning Pyke and Draven together, you may not be granting your team much magical damage output. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Draven ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Pyke to synergize with Draven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to use in your Pyke and Draven synergy build consist of Umbral Glaive, Hubris, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Draven than with many other common item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 50.1% when playing alongside Draven with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing 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 runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Draven with Pyke are displayed for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.