Ryze with Pyke
How to Synergize Ryze and Pyke
based on 1,166 Ryze with Pyke pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Ryze Pyke Synergy Summary
Best Ryze vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Ryze and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Ryze with Pyke
Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.
Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.
Advice to Understand How Pyke Will Play
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.
Ryze Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Ryze in LoL
The Ryze Pyke synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Pyke, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Ryze sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Pyke. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Pyke helps Ryze perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Ryze tries to synergize with Pyke, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This change may indicate that Pyke supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Ryze is played alongside Pyke 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 alongside Pyke.
Additionally, when Ryze plays with Pyke on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Pyke does a poor job of protecting Ryze during teamfights.
Synergies between Ryze and Pyke
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Is Ryze better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no ideal companion for Ryze that will always be his ideal synergy. Yet, overall, Pyke is a very typical companion for Ryze. By being on the same team as Ryze, he drops their win rate by -0.7% to 48.3%. This proves that there is not really a strong synergy between Ryze and Pyke that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Pyke has a lower difficulty than Ryze. That means Ryze players don't need to be very careful when finding Pyke comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing on the same side, Ryze players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by bringing Ryze and Pyke together, you may not be providing your other allies much protection for burst damage. Plan to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Pyke ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Ryze to pair well with Pyke during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to focus on in your Ryze and Pyke synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Luden's Companion. When Ryze included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Pyke than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ryze boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Pyke with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, Ryze players should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.
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