Pyke vs Gragas
How to Beat Gragas as Pyke
based on 2,245 Pyke vs Gragas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Gragas Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Gragas
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 Gragas
Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.
Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.
Pyke vs Gragas Counter Stats
How to Counter Gragas with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some strategic Pyke versus Gragas counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gragas’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gragas..
Pyke often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Gragas. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Pyke or Gragas?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when facing off against Gragas, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes an ok counter to Gragas.
While Pyke does have a higher winrate than Gragas, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Gragasas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gragas. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Gragas matchups, Pyke is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a decent counter for Gragas. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Gragas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to counter Gragas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke usually racks up less CS compared to Gragas. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Pyke versus Gragas build consist of Umbral Glaive, Edge of Night, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Gragas than with many other typical builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 50.7% when countering Gragas with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Gragas as Pyke, Pyke players should equip 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 players used for Pyke vs Gragas counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.7% win rate overall.
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