Pyke with Jarvan IV
How to Synergize Pyke and Jarvan IV
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Pyke Jarvan IV Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Jarvan IV
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 Jarvan IV Will Play
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
Pyke Jarvan IV Synergy Stats
How to Play with Jarvan IV as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Jarvan IV synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Jarvan IV, 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 Jarvan IV. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Jarvan IV helps Pyke perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pyke is paired with Jarvan IV, he gets a little drop in his total damage dealt. This change may indicate that Jarvan IV doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played with Jarvan IV on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Jarvan IV.
Additionally, when Pyke plays with Jarvan IV on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Jarvan IV does a decent job of covering Pyke during team fights.
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Jarvan IV?
There is no top companion for Pyke that will always be his best ally. However, Jarvan IV is a very typical ally for Pyke. By being on the same team as Pyke, he lowers their win rate by -0.9% to 48.2%. This proves that there is a weak strategic relationship between Pyke and Jarvan IV that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Jarvan IV has a lower difficulty than Pyke. That means Pyke players don't need to be careful when finding Jarvan IV comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by aligning Pyke and Jarvan IV together, you may not be granting your other teammates very much magic damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that fills this hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Jarvan IV ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, 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 pair well with Jarvan IV during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to build first in your Pyke and Jarvan IV synergy build include Bloodsong, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Pyke used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Jarvan IV than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 48.2% when playing alongside Jarvan IV with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability 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. Of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Jarvan IV with Pyke are presented for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.