Pyke vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Pyke
based on 2,060 Pyke vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Pyke vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several influential Pyke vs. Xayah matchup stats that can help us realize the differences between this pair of champions. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xayah..
Pyke normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Xayah. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Xayah
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Who is Better, Pyke or Xayah?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually loses when playing against Xayah, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes a poor counter for Xayah.
While Pyke does have a lower winrate than Xayah, when facing one another, Pyke also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Xayahas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Xayah matchups, Xayah is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter to Xayah. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Pyke against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke in order to counter Xayah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke on average gets a lot less CS compared to Xayah. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Pyke versus Xayah build consist of Umbral Glaive, Bloodsong, and Axiom Arc. When Pyke incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Xayah than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 48.5% when playing against Xayah with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Xayah as Pyke, Pyke players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Pyke vs Xayah counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.5% winrate overall.
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