Galio with Pyke
How to Synergize Galio and Pyke
based on 3,029 Galio with Pyke pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Galio Pyke Synergy Summary
Best Galio vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Galio and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Galio with Pyke
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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.
Galio Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Galio in LoL
The Galio 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, Galio sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Pyke. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Pyke helps Galio perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Galio tries to synergize with Pyke, he gets a small increase in his full damage output. This change may demonstrate that Pyke helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Galio is played with Pyke on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Pyke.
Additionally, when Galio plays with Pyke on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Pyke does a decent job of protecting Galio in team fights.
Synergies between Galio and Pyke
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Is Galio better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Galio that will always be his top ally. Yet, Pyke is a decent companion for Galio. By playing on the same side as Galio, he increases their win rate by 1.2% to 51.8%. This shows that there is pretty good synergy between Galio and Pyke that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Pyke has a greater difficulty than Galio. That means you should be careful when arranging Pyke allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
When playing alongside, Galio players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by aligning Galio and Pyke together, you will not be providing your other allies a lot of AP. Plan to pick other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Pyke ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Galio to work well with Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to have in your Galio and Pyke synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Pyke than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Galio had an average winrate of 51.8% helping carry Pyke with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.8% winrate overall.
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