Pyke vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Pyke
based on 8,510 Pyke vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Lucian
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 Lucian
Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.
Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.
Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.
Pyke vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some significant Pyke against Lucian counter statistics that can help us understand the differences between the two. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, showing that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lucian..
Pyke often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Lucian. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Lucian
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Who is Better, Pyke or Lucian?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when playing against Lucian, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Pyke makes an ok counter to Lucian.
While Pyke does have a lower winrate compared to Lucian, when on opposite teams, Pyke also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Lucianas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This 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 Lucian matchups, Lucian is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter to Lucian. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Lucian.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke to counter Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke often picks up a lot less CS as Lucian. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Pyke versus Lucian build include Umbral Glaive, Edge of Night, and Axiom Arc. When Pyke combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Lucian than with most other typical builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when playing against Lucian with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Lucian as Pyke, Pyke players should use the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Pyke vs Lucian face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Lucian as Pyke are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.