Pyke with Akali
How to Synergize Pyke and Akali
based on 7,846 Pyke with Akali pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Pyke Akali Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Akali
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Akali
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 Understand How Akali Will Play
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Pyke Akali Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akali as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Akali synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akali, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Pyke sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akali. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Akali helps Pyke perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pyke tries to synergize with Akali, he sees a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Akali does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played together with Akali on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Akali. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Akali.
Moreover, when Pyke plays with Akali on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Akali does a decent job of protecting Pyke during teamfights.
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Akali?
There is no perfect companion for Pyke that will always be his best ally. However, overall, Akali is a below average teammate for Pyke. By locking into the same team as Pyke, she lowers their win rate by -2.7% to 46.4%. This signals that there is a harmful bond between Pyke and Akali that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Akali has a lower difficulty than Pyke. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Akali allies to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting alongside, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by bringing Pyke and Akali together, you may not be providing your other teammates much cover. Make sure to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Akali ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Pyke to pair well with Akali during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to focus on in your Pyke and Akali synergy build include Edge of Night, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Pyke used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Akali than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 46.4% when playing alongside Akali with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, Pyke players should equip the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.4% winrate overall.
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