Pyke vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Pyke
based on 2,058 Pyke vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Pyke vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several important Pyke against Heimerdinger counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Heimerdinger’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Heimerdinger..
Pyke usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Pyke or Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Pyke usually loses when taking on Heimerdinger, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes a bad counter to Heimerdinger.
While Pyke does have a lower winrate than Heimerdinger, when facing one another, Pyke also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Pyke into Heimerdingeras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Pyke has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter for Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Heimerdinger. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Pyke versus Heimerdinger build consist of Edge of Night, Bloodsong, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Heimerdinger than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 48.8% battling Heimerdinger with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Heimerdinger as Pyke, Pyke players should use 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 sets that we analyzed for Pyke vs Heimerdinger LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.8% winrate overall.
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