Pyke vs Kindred
How to Beat Kindred as Pyke
based on 2,556 Pyke vs Kindred matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Kindred Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kindred as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Kindred
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 Kindred
When Kindred uses Lamb's Respite get inside, it stops all champions from dying.
Kindred is fragile - turn the pressure up on her, and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Clear the Hunts Wolf activates on jungle camps to slow down Kindred's damage output.
Pyke vs Kindred Counter Stats
How to Counter Kindred with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several significant Pyke versus Kindred counter statistics that can help you figure out the distinctions between the two. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kindred’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kindred..
Pyke often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Kindred. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Kindred
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Who is Better, Pyke or Kindred?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Pyke usually wins when taking on Kindred, with a 51.3% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes a good counter for Kindred.
While Pyke does have a higher win rate than Kindred, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Kindredas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kindred. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Kindred matchups, Pyke is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Pyke is a decent counter to Kindred. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Pyke against Kindred.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke in order to counter Kindred 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 mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Kindred. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Pyke versus Kindred build consist of Umbral Glaive, Bloodsong, and Hubris. When Pyke combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Kindred than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 51.3% when playing against Kindred with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Kindred 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. Of all the runes players chose for Pyke vs Kindred face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.3% win rate overall.
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