Pyke vs Vex
How to Beat Vex as Pyke
based on 2,515 Pyke vs Vex matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Vex Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Vex Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vex as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Vex
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 Vex Counter Stats
How to Counter Vex with Pyke in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some vital Pyke versus Vex counter statistics that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vex’s ratio of NaN, showing that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vex..
Pyke often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Vex. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Vex
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Who is Better, Pyke or Vex?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually wins when trying to fight Vex, with a 51.0% win rate. Therefore, Pyke makes a good counter to Vex.
While Pyke does have a higher winrate than Vex, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Pyke into Vexas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vex. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Vex matchups, Pyke 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 team fights.
Pyke is a decent counter for Vex. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Pyke against Vex.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke in order to counter Vex during both the lane 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 presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke on average accumulates a lot less CS as Vex. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Pyke versus Vex build include Hubris, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Pyke combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Vex than with many other common builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 51.0% battling Vex with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Vex 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. Out of all the rune sets players used for Pyke vs Vex counters, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.
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