Pyke vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Pyke
based on 4,538 Pyke vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Darius Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Pyke Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Darius as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Darius
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 Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Pyke vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some strategic Pyke versus Darius counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Darius’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Darius. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Pyke often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Darius. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Darius
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Pyke or Darius?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually loses when playing against Darius, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes a poor counter to Darius.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Darius, when facing one another, Pyke also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Dariusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Darius. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Darius matchups, Darius is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter to Darius. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Pyke against Darius.
Other Champion Matchups Against Pyke
Additional Information for Pyke Players
How We Calculated Our Pyke vs Darius Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to counter Darius during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Darius. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Pyke versus Darius build include Hubris, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Pyke bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Darius than with most other common builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 48.9% when countering Darius with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Darius as Pyke, you 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 rune builds that we analyzed for Pyke vs Darius face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.9% winrate overall.
If you would like to get Pyke vs Darius tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a specific rank, please choose one from the selection menu displayed above. By default, the stats and build suggestions given are calculated using all matches finished with both champs.