Pyke vs Qiyana
How to Beat Qiyana as Pyke
based on 1,709 Pyke vs Qiyana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Qiyana Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Qiyana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Qiyana as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Qiyana
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.
Pyke vs Qiyana Counter Stats
How to Counter Qiyana with Pyke in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some influential Pyke versus Qiyana matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Qiyana’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Qiyana..
Pyke normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Qiyana. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Qiyana
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Who is Better, Pyke or Qiyana?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually wins when trying to fight Qiyana, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Pyke makes a good counter to Qiyana.
While Pyke does have a higher winrate compared to Qiyana, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Qiyanaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Pyke has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Qiyana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Qiyana matchups, Pyke is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Pyke is a decent counter to Qiyana. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Qiyana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Pyke in order to counter Qiyana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke typically gets a lot less CS compared to Qiyana. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Pyke versus Qiyana build include Umbral Glaive, Bloodsong, and Axiom Arc. When Pyke used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Qiyana than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 51.4% when playing against Qiyana with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Qiyana as Pyke, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Pyke vs Qiyana matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.4% winrate overall.
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