Pyke vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Pyke
based on 3,605 Pyke vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Pyke vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some significant Pyke versus Vi counter stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vi’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Vi..
Pyke normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Vi. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Pyke and Vi
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Who is Better, Pyke or Vi?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually loses when trying to fight Vi, with a 46.0% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes a poor counter to Vi.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Vi, when facing one another, Pyke also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Pyke into Vias his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Vi matchups, Vi is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Pyke is a trash counter to Vi. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Vi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke to counter Vi 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 mind the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Vi. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Pyke versus Vi build include Edge of Night, Bloodsong, and Opportunity. When Pyke bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Vi than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 46.0% when playing against Vi with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Vi 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. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Pyke vs Vi fights, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.0% winrate overall.
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