Anivia vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Anivia
based on 1,809 Anivia vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Anivia vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Pyke
Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.
It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.
Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.
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.
Anivia vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Anivia in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several important Anivia vs. Pyke counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Pyke..
Anivia normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives more damage than Pyke. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Anivia and Pyke
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Who is Better, Anivia or Pyke?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Anivia usually fairs equally well when taking on Pyke, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Anivia makes an ok counter to Pyke.
While Anivia does have a lower winrate compared to Pyke, when facing one another, Anivia also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Anivia into Pykeas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Anivia also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pyke. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Pyke matchups, Pyke is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Anivia is a somewhat poor counter to Pyke. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Anivia against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Anivia in order to counter Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia usually picks up much more CS as Pyke. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Anivia versus Pyke build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better countering Pyke than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Anivia boasted an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Pyke with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Pyke as Anivia, Anivia players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Anivia vs Pyke counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.
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