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.
The Pyke Yone synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yone, 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 Yone. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Yone helps Pyke perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Pyke is paired with Yone, he sees a little drop in his full damage output. This change may signal that Yone does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played alongside Yone on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Yone.
Additionally, when Pyke plays with Yone on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Yone does a decent job of covering Pyke during teamfights.
There is no perfect champion pairing for Pyke that will always be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Yone is a not very good companion for Pyke. By locking into the same team as Pyke, he decreases their win rate by -1.7% to 47.4%. This proves that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Pyke and Yone that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Yone has a greater difficulty than Pyke. That means Pyke players need to be very careful when finding Yone comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Working on the same side, Pyke players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by bringing Pyke and Yone together, you may not be giving your team enough magical damage output. Make sure to have other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Yone ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
To truly master Pyke to synergize with Yone during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Pyke and Yone synergy build include Umbral Glaive, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Pyke used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Yone than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 47.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Yone with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating your oponents, Pyke players should equip the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Relentless Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.4% winrate overall.
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