Pyke vs Draven
How to Beat Draven as Pyke
based on 3,929 Pyke vs Draven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Draven Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Draven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Draven as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Draven
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 Draven
Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.
Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.
Pyke vs Draven Counter Stats
How to Counter Draven with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several vital Pyke versus Draven counter stats that can help us explain the differences between this set of champions. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Draven’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Draven..
Pyke normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Draven. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Draven
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Who is Better, Pyke or Draven?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when taking on Draven, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes an ok counter to Draven.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Draven, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Dravenas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Pyke has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Draven. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Draven matchups, Draven is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter to Draven. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Draven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke to counter Draven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke most often picks up a lot less CS as Draven. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Pyke versus Draven build include Bloodsong, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Pyke used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Draven than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 49.9% battling Draven with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Draven as Pyke, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Relentless Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Pyke vs Draven counters, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Draven as Pyke are given for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.