Darius with Pyke
How to Synergize Darius and Pyke
based on 4,219 Darius with Pyke pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Darius Pyke Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Darius and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Darius with Pyke
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
Advice to Understand How Pyke Will Play
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.
Darius Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Darius in LoL
The Darius Pyke synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Pyke, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Darius sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Pyke. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Pyke helps Darius perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Darius is paired with Pyke, he gets a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This change may signal that Pyke does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Darius is played together with Pyke on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Pyke. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Pyke.
Moreover, when Darius plays with Pyke on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Pyke does a poor job of protecting Darius in teamfights.
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Is Darius better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no one best synergy for Darius that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, Pyke is a terrible ally for Darius. By being on the same side as Darius, he lowers their win rate by -4.0% to 45.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a terrible bond between Darius and Pyke that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Pyke has a much greater difficulty compared to Darius. That means Darius players must be cautious when enlisting Pyke teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing alongside, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by grouping Darius and Pyke together, you may not be giving your team a great deal of magical damage output. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Pyke ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Darius in order to synergize with Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to have in your Darius and Pyke synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Force of Nature. When Darius used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Pyke than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 45.2% helping carry Pyke with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, Darius players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.2% winrate overall.
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