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.
Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.
Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.
Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.
The Pyke Veigar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Veigar, 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 Veigar. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Veigar helps Pyke perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pyke is an ally to Veigar, he gets a little increase in his full damage dealt. This could signal that Veigar supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played alongside Veigar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Veigar.
Moreover, when Pyke plays with Veigar on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Veigar does a poor job of protecting Pyke in teamfights.
There is no perfect ally for Pyke that will no matter what be his ideal ally. However, overall, Veigar is a good companion for Pyke. By being on the same team as Pyke, he raises their win rate by 1.0% to 50.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a good bond between Pyke and Veigar that results in them performing better together than alone.
Veigar has a lower difficulty than Pyke. That means Pyke players don't need to be careful when enlisting Veigar allies to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing alongside, Pyke players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to provide utility and CC for your side. Together, these champions may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Conversely, by bringing Pyke and Veigar together, you probably will not be providing your side a great deal of protection for burst damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Veigar ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke in order to pair well with Veigar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to get in your Pyke and Veigar synergy build include Umbral Glaive, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Pyke used at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Veigar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 50.1% when playing alongside Veigar with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Relentless Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.1% winrate overall.
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