Pyke with Tahm Kench
How to Synergize Pyke and Tahm Kench
based on 2,122 Pyke with Tahm Kench pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Pyke Tahm Kench Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Tahm Kench
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Tahm Kench
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 Tahm Kench Will Play
Your most important function as a support is to keep fragile allies safe. Keep Devour's range and cooldown in mind and position accordingly!
Consider carefully when to use Thick Skin's active. Sometimes shielding early to avoid further damage is good, but sometimes the healing is more beneficial.
Pyke Tahm Kench Synergy Stats
How to Play with Tahm Kench as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Tahm Kench synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Tahm Kench, 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 Tahm Kench. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Tahm Kench helps Pyke perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Pyke plays on the same team as Tahm Kench, he observes a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Tahm Kench helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played with Tahm Kench on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Tahm Kench.
Additionally, when Pyke plays with Tahm Kench on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Tahm Kench does a poor job of protecting Pyke during team fights.
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Tahm Kench?
There is no perfect synergy for Pyke that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, Tahm Kench is a good teammate for Pyke. By being on the same side as Pyke, he raises their win rate by 1.9% to 51.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a good strategic relationship between Pyke and Tahm Kench that results in them performing better together than alone.
Tahm Kench has a lower difficulty than Pyke. That means Pyke players don't need to be cautious when lining up Tahm Kench comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing alongside, Pyke players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by aligning Pyke and Tahm Kench together, you will not be granting your team enough magic damage. Plan to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Tahm Kench teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Pyke in order to synergize with Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to include in your Pyke and Tahm Kench synergy build include Umbral Glaive, Edge of Night, and Axiom Arc. When Pyke combined at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Tahm Kench than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 51.0% helping carry Tahm Kench with this build.
To have the best chance of beating your oponents, you 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 sets players picked for Pyke and Tahm Kench pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.0% winrate overall.
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