Zilean with Pyke
How to Synergize Zilean and Pyke
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Zilean Pyke Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Pyke
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean 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, Zilean sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Pyke. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Pyke helps Zilean perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zilean tries to synergize with Pyke, he sees a massive increase in his total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Pyke helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played together with 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 alongside Pyke.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Pyke on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Pyke does a poor job of covering Zilean in team fights.
Synergies between Zilean and Pyke
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no one best companion for Zilean that will always be his best ally. However, overall, Pyke is a pretty good ally for Zilean. By playing on the same side as Zilean, he raises their win rate by 1.8% to 52.5%. This shows that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Zilean and Pyke that results in them performing better together than alone.
Pyke has a greater difficulty than Zilean. That means you should be careful when lining up Pyke comrades to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide utility and CC for your side. Together, these champs should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
In contrast, by pairing Zilean and Pyke together, you probably will not be giving your side a lot of cover. Plan to include other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Pyke ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Zilean in order to pair well with Pyke during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to build first in your Zilean and Pyke synergy build consist of Redemption, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Zilean incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Pyke than with most other common item sets. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 52.5% helping carry Pyke with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Zilean and Pyke pairings, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.5% win rate overall.
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