Akshan vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Akshan
based on 2,453 Akshan vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Pyke Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Pyke
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
Advice to Win Against Pyke
Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!
When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.
Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.
Akshan vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Akshan in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some strategic Akshan versus Pyke counter stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between this pair of champions. Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pyke’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Pyke..
Akshan typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their enemy does. On average, they receives a similar amount of damage to Pyke. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Pyke
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Who is Better, Akshan or Pyke?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akshan usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Pyke, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Akshan makes an ok counter for Pyke.
While Akshan does have a higher win rate compared to Pyke, when on opposite teams, Akshan also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes them a less time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Akshan into Pyke.
Moreover, Akshan has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pyke. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Pyke matchups, Akshan is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Akshan is a decent counter for Pyke. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akshan against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Akshan in order to counter Pyke during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan often accumulates much more CS as Pyke. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Akshan versus Pyke build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Akshan incorporated at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better against Pyke than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Akshan had an average win rate of 50.9% battling Pyke with these items in their kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Pyke as Akshan, Akshan players should take the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Shield Bash runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Akshan vs Pyke matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Pyke as Akshan are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.