Pyke vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Pyke
based on 375 Pyke vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Skarner
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 Skarner
Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!
Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.
Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.
Pyke vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some vital Pyke versus Skarner counter stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Skarner’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Skarner. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Pyke usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Skarner. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Skarner
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Who is Better, Pyke or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when playing against Skarner, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes an ok counter to Skarner.
While Pyke does have a lower winrate compared to Skarner, when on opposite teams, Pyke also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Skarneras his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter to Skarner. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Pyke against Skarner.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Pyke in order to counter Skarner during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Skarner. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to use in your Pyke versus Skarner build include Bloodsong, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Pyke used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Skarner than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 49.9% when countering Skarner with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Skarner as Pyke, Pyke players should take 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 builds that we analyzed for Pyke vs Skarner LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.
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