K'Sante vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as K'Sante
based on 2,046 K'Sante vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
K'Sante vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best K'Sante vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as K'Sante
Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Pyke
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
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.
K'Sante vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with K'Sante in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some strategic K'Sante versus Pyke matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Pyke..
K'Sante often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than their opponent does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Pyke. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between K'Sante and Pyke
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Who is Better, K'Sante or Pyke?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when taking on Pyke, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, K'Sante makes a poor counter for Pyke.
While K'Sante does have a lower winrate compared to Pyke, when on opposite teams, K'Sante also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking K'Sante into Pykeas their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, K'Sante has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pyke. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Pyke matchups, Pyke is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
K'Sante is a somewhat poor counter for Pyke. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as K'Sante against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master K'Sante to counter Pyke during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
K'Sante typically racks up much more CS compared to Pyke. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your K'Sante versus Pyke build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante used at least these three items in their build, they did much better vs. Pyke than with many other typical item sets. In fact, K'Sante boasted an average winrate of 48.3% battling Pyke with these items in their kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Pyke as K'Sante, K'Sante players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for K'Sante vs Pyke counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.
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