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Viego vs Pyke

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How to Beat Pyke as Viego

based on 5,013 Viego vs Pyke matchups
Win Rate
51.1 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Pyke as Viego resulted from an analysis of 5013 ranked matches where both champions faced each other. This counter pairing is fairly rare. Viego has to counter Pyke in only 3.4% of their games.

Viego vs Pyke Matchup Summary

Viego has done a decent job of beating Pyke. On average, they wins a acceptable 51.1% of the time the champs clash against each other in. In Viego vs Pyke matches, Viego’s side is 0.3% less expected to get first blood, implying that they probably won't be able to get first blood against Pyke.

Best Viego vs Pyke Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Cloak of AgilityNoonquiver

Core Viego Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelTrinity ForceKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Maw of MalmortiusSundered SkySterak's GageWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Viego to level upq
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Second ability for Viego to level upe
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Last skill for Viego to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Viego's passive ability p
Viego's q ability q
Viego's w ability w
Viego's e ability e
Viego's ultimate ability r
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W
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Viego

Advice to Win Against Pyke

Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!

When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.

Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.

Viego vs Pyke Counter Stats

Viego Image
Win Rate
51.1 %
VS
Win Rate
48.9 %
Pyke Image
7.5
< Kills >
6.8
6.7
< Deaths >
6.9
6.6
< Assists >
8.8
1.76
< Killing Sprees >
1.57
36
< Minions Killed >
38
1.58
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.35
15,477
< Physical Damage >
9,742
1,866
< Magic Damage >
66
839
< True Damage >
2,352
18,182
< Damage Dealt >
12,161
32,494
< Damage Taken >
21,579
12,123
< Gold Earned >
10,128
1.42
< Towers >
1.18
0.37
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
15,607
< Total Healing >
4,769
13,604
< Experience >
10,549
22
< Vision Score >
66
6
< Wards Placed >
30
221
< Time Dealing CC >
95

How to Counter Pyke with Viego in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several important Viego vs. Pyke matchup stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Viego’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Viego may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Pyke..

Viego often has a similar longest killing spree as their enemy does. Typically, they receives more damage than Pyke. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Viego and Pyke

Damage Types Compared

Viego
Pyke
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Viego
Pyke

Who is Better, Viego or Pyke?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Viego usually wins when taking on Pyke, with a 51.1% win rate. Therefore, Viego makes a good counter to Pyke.

While Viego does have a higher winrate compared to Pyke, when they face off with one another, Viego also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Viego into Pyke.

Moreover, Viego has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pyke. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Viego vs Pyke matchups, Viego is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Viego is a decent counter to Pyke. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Viego against Pyke.

Other Champion Matchups Against Viego

Viego Loses Against

NilahNilah45.5% winrateLeonaLeona46.3% winrateLilliaLillia47.1% winrateRammusRammus47.3% winrate

Viego Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57.6% winrateZeriZeri55% winrateSejuaniSejuani54.9% winrateHweiHwei54.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ZacZac+ 54.4% 1237 GamesBardBard+ 54.5% 4147 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 55% 19645 GamesSingedSinged+ 56.5% 3421 Games

Additional Information for Viego Players

How We Calculated Our Viego vs Pyke Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Pyke as Viego, we analyzed 5,013 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Pyke as Viego comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Viego Build Pyke Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Viego in order to counter Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Viego typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Pyke. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Viego versus Pyke build include Guardian Angel, Trinity Force, and Kraken Slayer. When Viego incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they did significantly better countering Pyke than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Viego had an average win rate of 51.1% when countering Pyke with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of crushing Pyke as Viego, Viego players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Viego vs Pyke counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.1% winrate overall.

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