Pyke vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Pyke
based on 4,981 Pyke vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Pyke vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Pyke in LoL
The stats shown here feature several significant Pyke versus Xerath matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between this pair of champions. Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xerath..
Pyke usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Xerath. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Xerath
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Who is Better, Pyke or Xerath?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Pyke usually fairs equally well when playing against Xerath, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes an ok counter to Xerath.
While Pyke does have a lower winrate compared to Xerath, when they face off with one another, Pyke also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Xerathas 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 Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter for Xerath. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Pyke to counter Xerath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke most often picks up less CS compared to Xerath. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Pyke versus Xerath build include Bloodsong, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Pyke incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Xerath than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 49.8% when playing against Xerath with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Xerath as Pyke, Pyke players should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Zombie Ward, Ingenious Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Pyke vs Xerath LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
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