Pyke vs Lissandra
How to Beat Lissandra as Pyke
based on 1,643 Pyke vs Lissandra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Lissandra Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Lissandra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lissandra as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Lissandra
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 Lissandra
Lissandra's Ring of Frost has a long cooldown at early ranks; engage her while it's on cooldown.
Lissandra's Ice Shard only slows the first unit it hits. Approach Lissandra from behind your team's minions to avoid being slowed.
The best way to stop Lissandra from moving using her Glacial Path is to immobilize her before she reactivates it.
Pyke vs Lissandra Counter Stats
How to Counter Lissandra with Pyke in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some valuable Pyke against Lissandra matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lissandra’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Lissandra..
Pyke usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Lissandra. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Lissandra
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Who is Better, Pyke or Lissandra?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Pyke usually loses when facing off against Lissandra, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Pyke makes a poor counter for Lissandra.
While Pyke does have a lower winrate than Lissandra, when facing one another, Pyke also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Pyke into Lissandraas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lissandra. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Lissandra matchups, Lissandra is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Pyke is a terribly counter for Lissandra. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Pyke against Lissandra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to counter Lissandra 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke often accumulates a lot less CS relative to Lissandra. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, 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, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Pyke versus Lissandra build include Umbral Glaive, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Pyke used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Lissandra than with most other common builds. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 47.7% when playing against Lissandra with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Lissandra as Pyke, you should take 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 we have analyed for Pyke vs Lissandra counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.7% winrate overall.
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