Pyke with Rakan
How to Synergize Pyke and Rakan
based on 222 Pyke with Rakan pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Pyke Rakan Synergy Summary
Best Pyke vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Rakan
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Rakan
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 Rakan Will Play
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
Pyke Rakan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rakan as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Rakan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rakan, 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 Rakan. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Rakan helps Pyke perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pyke is an ally to Rakan, he sees a very large increase in his full damage output. This change could demonstrate that Rakan helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played alongside Rakan 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 synergisticly with Rakan.
Moreover, when Pyke plays with Rakan on the same side, he usually takes more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Rakan does a poor job of protecting Pyke in teamfights.
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Rakan?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Pyke that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Rakan is a very typical companion for Pyke. By being on the same side as Pyke, he increases their win rate by 0.4% to 49.5%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Pyke and Rakan that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Rakan has a lower difficulty than Pyke. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Rakan allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting together, Pyke players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide a lot of utility for your team. Together, these two may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Although, by aligning Pyke and Rakan together, you may not be providing your other teammates a great deal of engage potential. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Rakan teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to pair well with Rakan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to use in your Pyke and Rakan synergy build include Guardian Angel, Edge of Night, and Celestial Opposition. When Pyke combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Rakan than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 49.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Rakan with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating 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. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Rakan with Pyke are displayed for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.