Pyke vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Pyke
based on 1,611 Pyke vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Naafiri
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.
Pyke vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some critical Pyke against Naafiri counter stats that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Naafiri’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Naafiri..
Pyke typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Naafiri. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Pyke or Naafiri?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when playing against Naafiri, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes an ok counter for Naafiri.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Naafiri, when on opposite teams, Pyke also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Pyke into Naafirias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Naafiri. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter for Naafiri. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Pyke against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to counter Naafiri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke most often gets a lot less CS compared to Naafiri. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Pyke versus Naafiri build consist of Bloodsong, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Pyke incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Naafiri than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 49.1% when playing against Naafiri with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Naafiri as Pyke, Pyke players should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Zombie Ward, Ingenious Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Pyke vs Naafiri counters, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
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