Pyke with Poppy
How to Synergize Pyke and Poppy
based on 1,765 Pyke with Poppy pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Pyke Poppy Synergy Summary
Best Pyke vs Poppy Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Poppy
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Poppy
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 Poppy Will Play
Keeper's Verdict can be released immediately to send the enemy straight up, take advantage of this in duels.
Iron Ambassador tends to land near walls, try to take advantage of this with Heroic Charge.
Pyke Poppy Synergy Stats
How to Play with Poppy as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Poppy synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Poppy, 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 Poppy. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Poppy helps Pyke perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pyke is an ally to Poppy, he sees a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This could indicate that Poppy helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played with Poppy on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Poppy.
Moreover, when Pyke plays with Poppy on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Poppy does a poor job of protecting Pyke in team fights.
Synergies between Pyke and Poppy
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Poppy?
There is no top champion pairing for Pyke that will always be his best ally. Yet, overall, Poppy is a very typical companion for Pyke. By locking into the same side as Pyke, she raises their win rate by 0.6% to 49.7%. This proves that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Pyke and Poppy that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Poppy has a lower difficulty than Pyke. That means Pyke players don't need to be careful when arranging Poppy comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by grouping Pyke and Poppy together, you may not be providing your team very much magic damage. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that fills this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Poppy ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, 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 truly master Pyke to work well with Poppy during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to include in your Pyke and Poppy synergy build include Bloodsong, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Pyke used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Poppy than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 49.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Poppy with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, Pyke players should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Zombie Ward, Ingenious Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.
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