Yasuo vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Yasuo
based on 8,830 Yasuo vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Pyke
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Yasuo in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several critical Yasuo versus Pyke counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, showing that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Pyke..
Yasuo typically has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Pyke. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Pyke?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when trying to fight Pyke, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Yasuo makes a good counter to Pyke.
While Yasuo does have a higher winrate compared to Pyke, when facing one another, Yasuo also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Yasuo into Pykeas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Yasuo also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pyke. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Pyke matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Yasuo is an above average counter for Pyke. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Yasuo against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order to counter Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo usually picks up much more CS relative to Pyke. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Yasuo versus Pyke build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Pyke than with most other typical builds. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 52.3% when playing against Pyke with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Pyke as Yasuo, Yasuo players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Yasuo vs Pyke counters, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.3% winrate overall.
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