Dr. Mundo with Pyke
How to Synergize Dr. Mundo and Pyke
based on 2,659 Dr. Mundo with Pyke pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Dr. Mundo Pyke Synergy Summary
Best Dr. Mundo vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Dr. Mundo and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Dr. Mundo with Pyke
Cleavers are a powerful tool for killing neutral monsters. Instead of returning to base, farm neutral monsters until your ultimate can heal you.
A well-timed Sadism can bait enemy champions into attacking you even when they lack the damage to finish you.
Spirit Visage will increase the healing done by your ultimate and lower cooldowns on all of your abilities.
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.
Dr. Mundo Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Dr. Mundo in LoL
The Dr. Mundo 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, Dr. Mundo sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Pyke. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Pyke helps Dr. Mundo perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Dr. Mundo plays on the same team as Pyke, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This could signal that Pyke supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Dr. Mundo is played with Pyke on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Pyke.
Moreover, when Dr. Mundo plays with Pyke on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Pyke does a poor job of protecting Dr. Mundo during teamfights.
Synergies between Dr. Mundo and Pyke
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Is Dr. Mundo better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Dr. Mundo that will always be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Pyke is a very typical teammate for Dr. Mundo. By being on the same team as Dr. Mundo, he increases their win rate by 0.5% to 51.6%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Dr. Mundo and Pyke that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Pyke has a greater difficulty than Dr. Mundo. That means you should be careful when enlisting Pyke teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Dr. Mundo and Pyke together, you may not be granting your other allies a lot of magic damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Pyke ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Dr. Mundo in order to work well with Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to have in your Dr. Mundo and Pyke synergy build include Spirit Visage, Heartsteel, and Titanic Hydra. When Dr. Mundo combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Pyke than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Dr. Mundo boasted an average winrate of 51.6% helping carry Pyke with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing your oponents, Dr. Mundo players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Magical Footwear, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.6% winrate overall.
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