Pyke with Thresh
How to Synergize Pyke and Thresh
based on 329 Pyke with Thresh pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Pyke Thresh Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Thresh
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Thresh
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 Thresh Will Play
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
Pyke Thresh Synergy Stats
How to Play with Thresh as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Thresh synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Thresh, 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 Thresh. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Thresh helps Pyke perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pyke is an ally to Thresh, he sees a massive increase in his full damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Thresh supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played together with Thresh 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 Thresh.
Moreover, when Pyke plays with Thresh on the same team, he typically receives more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Thresh does a poor job of protecting Pyke during team fights.
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Thresh?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Pyke that will always be his best ally. Yet, Thresh is a very bad companion for Pyke. By being on the same side as Pyke, he lowers their win rate by -8.4% to 40.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad bond between Pyke and Thresh that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Thresh has a lower difficulty than Pyke. That means Pyke players don't need to be very careful when arranging Thresh allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by bringing Pyke and Thresh together, you will not be giving your other allies a lot of magic damage. Plan to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Thresh ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to synergize with Thresh during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to have in your Pyke and Thresh synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Pyke included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Thresh than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 40.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Thresh with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, you should equip 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 players used for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 40.7% win rate overall.
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