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 Zeri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zeri, 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 Zeri. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Zeri helps Pyke perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pyke is an ally to Zeri, he observes a small decrease in his complete damage output. This change may indicate that Zeri does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that their presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played together with Zeri 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 synergisticly with Zeri.
Moreover, when Pyke plays with Zeri on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Zeri does a poor job of protecting Pyke during teamfights.
There is no one best ally for Pyke that will always be his best ally. Yet, overall, Zeri is a very bad companion for Pyke. By playing on the same team as Pyke, they decreases their win rate by -6.4% to 42.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a terrible bond between Pyke and Zeri that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Zeri has a lower difficulty than Pyke. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Zeri teammates to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to work well with you.
Playing alongside, Pyke players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by pairing Pyke and Zeri together, you may not be providing your side enough magical damage output. Make sure to include other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Zeri ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
To truly master Pyke to pair well with Zeri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to have in your Pyke and Zeri synergy build include Bloodsong, Hubris, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Zeri than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 42.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Zeri with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, Pyke players should equip the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 42.7% winrate overall.
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