Heimerdinger vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Heimerdinger
based on 2,058 Heimerdinger vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Pyke
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several vital Heimerdinger against Pyke counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, showing that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Pyke..
Heimerdinger often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Pyke. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Pyke
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Pyke?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when playing against Pyke, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Heimerdinger makes a good counter for Pyke.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher winrate compared to Pyke, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Pykeas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pyke. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Pyke matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter to Pyke. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Heimerdinger against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Heimerdinger to counter Pyke during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger most often picks up much more CS relative to Pyke. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, 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 shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Heimerdinger versus Pyke build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Pyke than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 51.2% battling Pyke with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Pyke as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Heimerdinger vs Pyke counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.2% win rate overall.
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