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.
Make sure to tag your allies while Sona's auras are active, but avoid getting caught out by enemies.
Save Crescendo for the game-altering moment.
Well-timed uses of Aria of Perseverance will grant you maximum survivability.
The Pyke Sona synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sona, 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 Sona. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Sona helps Pyke perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Pyke is an ally to Sona, he gets a great improvement in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Sona helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played alongside Sona on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Sona.
Additionally, when Pyke plays with Sona on the same side, he typically takes more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Sona does a poor job of protecting Pyke during teamfights.
There is no top ally for Pyke that will always be his ideal ally. Yet, Sona is a very typical teammate for Pyke. By playing on the same team as Pyke, she drops their win rate by -1.0% to 48.1%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Pyke and Sona that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Sona has a much lower diffuclty than Pyke. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Sona comrades to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Working together, Pyke players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide a lot of utility for your team. Together, these two may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Although, by grouping Pyke and Sona together, you will not be giving your other allies enough engage potential. Plan to include other champions on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Sona ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Pyke to synergize with Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to use in your Pyke and Sona synergy build include Guardian Angel, Edge of Night, and Celestial Opposition. When Pyke included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Sona than with many other common item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 48.1% when playing alongside Sona with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, Pyke players should use the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.1% winrate overall.
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