Pyke vs Galio
How to Beat Galio as Pyke
based on 3,262 Pyke vs Galio matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Galio Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Galio as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Galio
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 Galio
Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.
Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.
Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.
Pyke vs Galio Counter Stats
How to Counter Galio with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several strategic Pyke vs. Galio counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Galio’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Galio..
Pyke normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Galio. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Galio
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Who is Better, Pyke or Galio?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Galio, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Pyke makes an ok counter for Galio.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Galio, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Pyke into Galioas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Galio. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter for Galio. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Pyke against Galio.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Pyke in order to counter Galio during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke usually gets a lot less CS as Galio. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Pyke versus Galio build include Bloodsong, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Pyke combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Galio than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 49.1% battling Galio with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Galio as Pyke, you should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Zombie Ward, Ingenious Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Pyke vs Galio face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
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