Pyke vs Kha'Zix
How to Beat Kha'Zix as Pyke
based on 3,797 Pyke vs Kha'Zix matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Kha'Zix Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Kha'Zix Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kha'Zix as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Kha'Zix
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 Kha'Zix
Taste Their Fear deals bonus damage to targets that are isolated. Gain an advantage by fighting near allied minions, champions, or turrets.
Leap and Void Assault have long cooldowns. Kha'Zix is very vulnerable when these are not available.
Pyke vs Kha'Zix Counter Stats
How to Counter Kha'Zix with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some influential Pyke versus Kha'Zix matchup stats that can help us explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kha'Zix..
Pyke typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Kha'Zix. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Kha'Zix
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Who is Better, Pyke or Kha'Zix?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Pyke usually wins when trying to fight Kha'Zix, with a 51.1% win rate. Therefore, Pyke makes a good counter for Kha'Zix.
While Pyke does have a higher win rate compared to Kha'Zix, when facing one another, Pyke also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Kha'Zixas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Pyke has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kha'Zix. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Kha'Zix matchups, Pyke is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Pyke is a decent counter to Kha'Zix. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Kha'Zix.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to counter Kha'Zix during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kha'Zix. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Pyke versus Kha'Zix build include Edge of Night, Bloodsong, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Kha'Zix than with many other common item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 51.1% when playing against Kha'Zix with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Kha'Zix as Pyke, Pyke players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Pyke vs Kha'Zix LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.1% win rate overall.
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