Pyke vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Pyke
based on 5,811 Pyke vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Graves
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 Graves
Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.
Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
Pyke vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several important Pyke against Graves matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences between the pair. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Graves..
Pyke normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Graves. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Graves
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Who is Better, Pyke or Graves?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually loses when trying to fight Graves, with a 47.7% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes a poor counter for Graves.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Graves, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Pyke into Gravesas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Pyke also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Graves. 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 Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Pyke is a terribly counter to Graves. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to counter Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Graves. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Pyke versus Graves build include Edge of Night, Bloodsong, and Axiom Arc. When Pyke bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Graves than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 47.7% when countering Graves with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Graves as Pyke, Pyke players should use the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Pyke vs Graves fights, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.7% winrate overall.
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