Brand with Pyke
How to Synergize Brand and Pyke
based on 5,031 Brand with Pyke pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Brand Pyke Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Brand and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Brand with Pyke
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
Advice to Understand How Pyke Will Play
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.
Brand Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Brand in LoL
The Brand Pyke synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Pyke, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Brand sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Pyke. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Pyke helps Brand perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Brand plays on the same team as Pyke, he sees a small increase in his full damage output. This could demonstrate that Pyke helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Brand is played together with Pyke on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Pyke. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Pyke.
Additionally, when Brand plays with Pyke on the same side, he typically takes significantly more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Pyke does a poor job of protecting Brand in teamfights.
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Is Brand better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Brand that will always be his #1 teammate. However, Pyke is a very typical companion for Brand. By locking into the same side as Brand, he has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 51.4%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Brand and Pyke that results in them performing at the same level together than without each other.
Pyke has a greater difficulty than Brand. That means Brand players need to be cautious when enlisting Pyke allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Brand players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by bringing Brand and Pyke together, you will not be providing your other teammates much engage potential. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Pyke teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Brand to pair well with Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to prioritize in your Brand and Pyke synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Brand used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Pyke than with most other common builds. In fact, Brand boasted an average win rate of 51.4% when playing alongside Pyke with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.4% win rate overall.
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