Zyra with Pyke
How to Synergize Zyra and Pyke
based on 561 Zyra with Pyke pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zyra Pyke Synergy Summary
Best Zyra vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zyra and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Zyra with Pyke
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
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.
Zyra Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Zyra in LoL
The Zyra Pyke synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Pyke, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Zyra sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Pyke. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Pyke helps Zyra perform not as well in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zyra plays on the same team as Pyke, she observes a noticable increase in her total damage output. This may indicate that Pyke provides protection for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Zyra is played together with Pyke on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Pyke.
Additionally, when Zyra plays with Pyke on the same side, she typically receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Pyke does a poor job of protecting Zyra during teamfights.
Synergies between Zyra and Pyke
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Is Zyra better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no top companion for Zyra that will 100% of the time be her top ally. Yet, overall, Pyke is a below average companion for Zyra. By playing on the same side as Zyra, he drops their win rate by -2.5% to 50.1%. This signals that there is a harmful bond between Zyra and Pyke that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Pyke has a lower difficulty than Zyra. That means Zyra players don't need to be cautious when finding Pyke comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Zyra players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by aligning Zyra and Pyke together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates very much engage potential. We recommend you have other champs on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Pyke ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zyra in order to work well with Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to use in your Zyra and Pyke synergy build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra bought at least these three great items in her build, she performed much better when paired up with Pyke than with most other common item sets. In fact, Zyra boasted an average winrate of 50.1% helping carry Pyke with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Relentless Hunter, and Taste of Blood runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.1% win rate overall.
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