Pyke vs Veigar
How to Beat Veigar as Pyke
based on 4,566 Pyke vs Veigar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Veigar Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Veigar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Veigar as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Veigar
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 Veigar
Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.
Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.
Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.
Pyke vs Veigar Counter Stats
How to Counter Veigar with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several valuable Pyke versus Veigar matchup statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between this pair of champions. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Veigar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Veigar..
Pyke often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Veigar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Veigar
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Who is Better, Pyke or Veigar?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when playing against Veigar, with a 50.8% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes an ok counter to Veigar.
While Pyke does have a higher win rate than Veigar, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Veigaras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Pyke also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Veigar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Veigar matchups, Pyke is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Pyke is a decent counter for Veigar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Veigar.
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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 Veigar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke typically picks up a lot less CS relative to Veigar. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Pyke versus Veigar build include Umbral Glaive, Edge of Night, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Veigar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Veigar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Veigar as Pyke, you should take 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 runes that we analyzed for Pyke vs Veigar battles, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.8% winrate overall.
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