Xerath with Pyke
How to Synergize Xerath and Pyke
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Xerath Pyke Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Pyke
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath 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, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Pyke. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Pyke helps Xerath perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath is an ally to Pyke, he gets a clear improvement in his total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Pyke supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Pyke on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Pyke. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Pyke.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Pyke on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Pyke does a decent job of covering Xerath during teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Pyke
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no ideal companion for Xerath that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, Pyke is a relatively poor ally for Xerath. By locking into the same side as Xerath, he lowers their win rate by -1.3% to 49.3%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful synergy between Xerath and Pyke that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Pyke has a lower difficulty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Pyke comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, Xerath players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by grouping Xerath and Pyke together, you may not be granting your other allies a lot of cover. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Pyke ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Xerath to pair well with Pyke during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to focus on in your Xerath and Pyke synergy build include Horizon Focus, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Xerath used at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Pyke than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 49.3% when playing alongside Pyke with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, Xerath players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.3% winrate overall.
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