Pyke vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Pyke
based on 4,602 Pyke vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Katarina
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 Katarina
Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.
Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.
Pyke vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some critical Pyke versus Katarina counter statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between the pair. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Katarina..
Pyke usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Katarina. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Katarina
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Who is Better, Pyke or Katarina?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually loses when trying to fight Katarina, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Pyke makes a bad counter to Katarina.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Katarina, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Katarinaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Pyke has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Katarina matchups, Katarina is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter for Katarina. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke in order to counter Katarina during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke usually picks up a lot less CS compared to Katarina. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Pyke versus Katarina build include Bloodsong, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Pyke used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Katarina than with many other common builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 48.7% battling Katarina with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Katarina 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 rune builds players picked for Pyke vs Katarina counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.7% win rate overall.
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