Pyke vs Corki
How to Beat Corki as Pyke
based on 1,330 Pyke vs Corki matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Corki Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Corki Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Corki as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Corki
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 Corki
Watch out for Corki's Missile Barrage. They deal splash damage, so you can get hit even when hiding behind minions.
Corki is vulnerable after he uses his Valkyrie or Special Delivery, so try switching focus to him if he uses them to enter a fight.
Pyke vs Corki Counter Stats
How to Counter Corki with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several valuable Pyke against Corki counter stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between this set of champs. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Corki’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Corki..
Pyke typically has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Corki. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Pyke or Corki?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when facing off against Corki, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes an ok counter to Corki.
While Pyke does have a higher win rate compared to Corki, when on opposite teams, Pyke also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Pyke into Corkias his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Pyke has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Corki. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Corki matchups, Pyke is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a decent counter for Corki. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Corki.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke in order to counter Corki during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Corki. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Pyke versus Corki build include Umbral Glaive, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Pyke combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Corki than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when countering Corki with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Corki as Pyke, you should use the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Pyke vs Corki clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.
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