Pyke vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Pyke
based on 2,442 Pyke vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Alistar
The Tap version of Bone Skewer is much faster and deals additional damage.
A lot of your agressive spells are also your escapes. Make sure you always have a plan to get out of the fight.
Hitting an enemy with the Hold version of Bone Skewer will always pull them the same distance. Use it in melee range to throw targets behind you.
Pyke is very fragile so don't be afraid to temporarily run from a fight. You can regenerate a significant amount of health from Gift of the Drowned Ones when enemies can't see you.
Advice to Win Against Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Pyke vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several significant Pyke vs. Alistar matchup statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Alistar. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Pyke usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Alistar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Alistar
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Who is Better, Pyke or Alistar?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when facing off against Alistar, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Pyke makes an ok counter to Alistar.
While Pyke does have a lower winrate than Alistar, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Alistaras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter to Alistar. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke in order to counter Alistar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Alistar. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Pyke versus Alistar build consist of Umbral Glaive, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Pyke combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Alistar than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 49.3% battling Alistar with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Alistar as Pyke, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Pyke vs Alistar counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.3% winrate overall.
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