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.
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
The Pyke Zyra synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zyra, 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 Zyra. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Zyra helps Pyke perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pyke plays on the same team as Zyra, he sees a sizeable uptick in his complete damage output. This could demonstrate that Zyra provides protection for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played with Zyra on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Zyra. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Zyra.
Moreover, when Pyke plays with Zyra on the same team, he usually takes significantly more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Zyra does a poor job of covering Pyke in teamfights.
There is no perfect synergy for Pyke that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, Zyra is a pretty good teammate for Pyke. By being on the same side as Pyke, she improves their win rate by 1.0% to 50.1%. This shows that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Pyke and Zyra that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Zyra has a lower difficulty than Pyke. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Zyra teammates to play with, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing alongside, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by pairing Pyke and Zyra together, you probably will not be giving your side a lot of engage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Zyra ally, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
To truly master Pyke in order to pair well with Zyra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to use in your Pyke and Zyra synergy build include Umbral Glaive, Bloodsong, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke used at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Zyra than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 50.1% when playing alongside Zyra with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing 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. Of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.1% win rate overall.
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