Nocturne vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Nocturne
based on 6,755 Nocturne vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Pyke
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
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.
Nocturne vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Nocturne in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several significant Nocturne vs. Pyke matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Pyke..
Nocturne often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Pyke. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nocturne and Pyke
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Pyke?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually wins when facing off against Pyke, with a 52.0% win rate. Thus, Nocturne makes a good counter to Pyke.
While Nocturne does have a higher winrate compared to Pyke, when they face off with one another, Nocturne also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nocturne into Pyke.
Moreover, Nocturne has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pyke. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Pyke matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nocturne is a decent counter for Pyke. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nocturne against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nocturne in order to counter Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Pyke. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Nocturne versus Pyke build consist of Guardian Angel, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Pyke than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average win rate of 52.0% when countering Pyke with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Pyke as Nocturne, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Nocturne vs Pyke LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.0% winrate overall.
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