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.
Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.
Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.
Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.
The Pyke Taliyah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Taliyah, 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 Taliyah. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Taliyah helps Pyke perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Pyke tries to synergize with Taliyah, he observes a small decrease in his total damage output. This difference may signal that Taliyah does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played with Taliyah on the same team, 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 Taliyah.
Moreover, when Pyke plays with Taliyah on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Taliyah does a decent job of covering Pyke in teamfights.
There is no ideal synergy for Pyke that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Taliyah is a very typical ally for Pyke. By locking into the same side as Pyke, she lowers their win rate by -0.7% to 48.4%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong synergy between Pyke and Taliyah that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Taliyah has a lower difficulty than Pyke. That means Pyke players don't need to be cautious when arranging Taliyah allies to play with, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
Working on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to support your allies. Together, these champions will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by bringing Pyke and Taliyah together, you will not be providing your team a great deal of magical damage output. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Taliyah teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to pair well with Taliyah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to build first in your Pyke and Taliyah synergy build include Bloodsong, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Pyke used at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Taliyah than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 48.4% when playing alongside Taliyah with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Pyke and Taliyah pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.4% win rate overall.
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