Azir vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Azir
based on 2,105 Azir vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Azir vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Azir vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Azir
Tips for Playing as Azir against Pyke
Be a bird!
In the lane, try to position your soldiers between the enemy's minions and the enemy champion. This way you can use them both to last hit and to project threat onto your lane opponent.
Be careful about putting down both of the soldiers stored by Arise! Unless you're going all-in, always have a soldier in your back pocket if you need to escape over a wall or if you misposition your other soldier and need damage now.
Think of Emperor's Divide as a defensive ability first and foremost. Use it when the enemy engages on you or your allies. Remember that your team can walk through the soldiers summoned by Emperor's Divide and use this to your advantage when enemy melee champions engage on you.
Advice to Win Against Pyke
Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!
When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.
Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.
Azir vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Azir in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several critical Azir versus Pyke matchup stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Azir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pyke’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Azir may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Pyke..
Azir often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Pyke. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Azir and Pyke
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Who is Better, Azir or Pyke?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Azir usually loses when facing off against Pyke, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Azir makes a bad counter to Pyke.
While Azir does have a lower win rate compared to Pyke, when facing one another, Azir also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Azir into Pykeas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Azir also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pyke. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Azir vs Pyke matchups, Pyke is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Azir is a somewhat poor counter for Pyke. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Azir against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Azir in order to counter Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Azir often racks up much more CS compared to Pyke. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Azir versus Pyke build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Azir bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Pyke than with many other common builds. In fact, Azir boasted an average winrate of 48.5% when countering Pyke with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Pyke as Azir, Azir players should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Azir vs Pyke clashes, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.5% winrate overall.
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