Vel'Koz with Pyke
How to Synergize Vel'Koz and Pyke
based on 997 Vel'Koz with Pyke pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Vel'Koz Pyke Synergy Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Vel'Koz and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz with Pyke
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
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.
Vel'Koz Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Vel'Koz in LoL
The Vel'Koz 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, Vel'Koz sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Pyke. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Pyke helps Vel'Koz perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Vel'Koz is paired with Pyke, he observes a noticable increase in his full damage dealt. This difference may signal that Pyke provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Vel'Koz is played alongside Pyke on the same side, 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 Pyke.
Moreover, when Vel'Koz plays with Pyke on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Pyke does a poor job of protecting Vel'Koz in team fights.
Synergies between Vel'Koz and Pyke
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Is Vel'Koz better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no perfect companion for Vel'Koz that will always be his best ally. However, overall, Pyke is a not very good companion for Vel'Koz. By locking into the same team as Vel'Koz, he lowers their win rate by -1.5% to 48.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Vel'Koz and Pyke that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Pyke has a lower difficulty than Vel'Koz. That means Vel'Koz players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Pyke allies to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Working together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by aligning Vel'Koz and Pyke together, you probably will not be giving your other allies very much protection for burst damage. Plan to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Pyke ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your 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 Vel'Koz to synergize with Pyke during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz and Pyke synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Pyke than with most other common item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 48.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Pyke with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.8% win rate overall.
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