Pyke with Nami
How to Synergize Pyke and Nami
based on 207 Pyke with Nami pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Pyke Nami Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Nami
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Nami
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 Nami Will Play
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
Pyke Nami Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nami as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Nami synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nami, 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 Nami. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Nami helps Pyke perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Pyke plays on the same team as Nami, he gets a very large increase in his total damage output. This difference could indicate that Nami helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played with Nami on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Nami.
Moreover, when Pyke plays with Nami on the same team, he usually receives much more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Nami does a poor job of covering Pyke during team fights.
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Nami?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Pyke that will always be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Nami is a very bad companion for Pyke. By being on the same team as Pyke, she drops their win rate by -3.7% to 45.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad strategic relationship between Pyke and Nami that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Nami has a lower difficulty than Pyke. That means Pyke players don't need to be cautious when finding Nami comrades to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
Playing alongside, Pyke players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to support your allies. Combined, these champions should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Although, by aligning Pyke and Nami together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates a great deal of cover. Make sure to include other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Nami ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down 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 in order to pair well with Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to include in your Pyke and Nami synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Pyke included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Nami than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 45.4% helping carry Nami with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, Pyke players should take the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.4% win rate overall.
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