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.
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
The Pyke Hecarim synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hecarim, 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 Hecarim. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Hecarim helps Pyke perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Pyke tries to synergize with Hecarim, he gets a small decrease in his total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Hecarim does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played alongside Hecarim on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Hecarim. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Hecarim.
Additionally, when Pyke plays with Hecarim on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Hecarim does a decent job of protecting Pyke in team fights.
There is no perfect champion pairing for Pyke that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, overall, Hecarim is a terrible ally for Pyke. By playing on the same team as Pyke, he decreases their win rate by -3.7% to 45.4%. This proves that there is a terrible synergy between Pyke and Hecarim that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Hecarim has a lower difficulty than Pyke. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Hecarim allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Pyke players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by pairing Pyke and Hecarim together, you may not be granting your side very much magical damage output. Plan to include other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Hecarim ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
To learn all of the intricacies of Pyke in order to pair well with Hecarim during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to build first in your Pyke and Hecarim synergy build include Bloodsong, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Pyke included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Hecarim than with most other common builds. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 45.4% helping carry Hecarim with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Pyke players should take the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.4% winrate overall.
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