Pyke vs Anivia
How to Beat Anivia as Pyke
based on 1,809 Pyke vs Anivia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Anivia Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Anivia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Anivia as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Anivia
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.
Advice to Win Against Anivia
Try to gank Anivia when she's laning. With multiple people, it is easier to ensure that her egg dies.
If you're playing a ranged champion, stay far enough away from Anivia so you can dodge Flash Frost more easily.
Try to fight Anivia in the lanes. In the jungle she can block pathways with lower ranks of Crystallize.
Pyke vs Anivia Counter Stats
How to Counter Anivia with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some important Pyke vs. Anivia counter statistics that can help you realize the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Anivia’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Anivia..
Pyke normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Anivia. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Anivia
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Who is Better, Pyke or Anivia?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually wins when taking on Anivia, with a 51.0% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes a good counter to Anivia.
While Pyke does have a higher winrate compared to Anivia, when on opposite teams, Pyke also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Aniviaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Anivia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Anivia matchups, Pyke is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Pyke is a decent counter to Anivia. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Anivia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke in order to counter Anivia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke typically gets a lot less CS as Anivia. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Pyke versus Anivia build consist of Bloodsong, Hubris, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Anivia than with most other common builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 51.0% when playing against Anivia with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Anivia as Pyke, Pyke players should take the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Pyke vs Anivia counters, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.0% winrate overall.
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