Pyke vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Pyke
based on 3,282 Pyke vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Soraka
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 Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Pyke vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several critical Pyke vs. Soraka matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Soraka. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Pyke typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Soraka. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Soraka
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Who is Better, Pyke or Soraka?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually loses when playing against Soraka, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Pyke makes a poor counter to Soraka.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Soraka, when on opposite teams, Pyke also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Sorakaas 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 Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champion with a lower 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 for Soraka. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Pyke against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Pyke in order to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Soraka. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Pyke versus Soraka build include Edge of Night, Bloodsong, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Soraka than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 48.9% when playing against Soraka with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Soraka as Pyke, Pyke players should equip 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 combinations that we analyzed for Pyke vs Soraka clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.9% winrate overall.
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