Pyke vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Pyke
based on 3,390 Pyke vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Pyke vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several valuable Pyke against Nami counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nami. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Pyke normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Nami. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Nami
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Who is Better, Pyke or Nami?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nami, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes an ok counter for Nami.
While Pyke does have a higher winrate than Nami, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Namias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Nami matchups, Pyke is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a decent counter for Nami. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Pyke against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke in order to counter Nami during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke usually racks up more CS compared to Nami. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Pyke versus Nami build include Umbral Glaive, Solstice Sleigh, and Opportunity. When Pyke bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Nami than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 50.6% battling Nami with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Nami 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 rune builds we have analyed for Pyke vs Nami LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.6% win rate overall.
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