Karma with Pyke
How to Synergize Karma and Pyke
based on 901 Karma with Pyke pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Karma Pyke Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Karma and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Karma with Pyke
Don't be too conservative with Mantra. Gathering Fire is strongest in teamfights, making it easy to recharge Mantra multiple times.
Gathering Fire rewards aggressive play. Look to land abilities and basic attacks on your opponent to lower Mantra's cooldown and stay on the offensive.
When using Focused Resolve, slow your opponents with Inner Flame or speed yourself up with Inspire if you're having trouble sticking to a target.
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.
Karma Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Karma in LoL
The Karma Pyke synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Pyke, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Karma sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Pyke. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Pyke helps Karma perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Karma tries to synergize with Pyke, she gets a very large increase in her total damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Pyke supports by providing protection for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Karma is played together with Pyke on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Pyke.
Moreover, when Karma plays with Pyke on the same side, she typically takes more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Pyke does a poor job of covering Karma in team fights.
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Is Karma better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no perfect ally for Karma that will always be her #1 teammate. However, Pyke is a very typical ally for Karma. By being on the same side as Karma, he drops their win rate by -0.6% to 47.7%. This demonstrates that there is a weak synergy between Karma and Pyke that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Pyke has a greater difficulty than Karma. That means you must be careful when arranging Pyke comrades to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Karma players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide a lot of utility for your team. Together, these two should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
In contrast, by bringing Karma and Pyke together, you probably will not be granting your side a great deal of AP. Plan to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Pyke ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, 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
If you would like to truly master Karma to synergize with Pyke during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to prioritize in your Karma and Pyke synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Cosmic Drive. When Karma bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when paired up with Pyke than with most other typical builds. In fact, Karma boasted an average win rate of 47.7% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Pyke with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Karma players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.7% win rate overall.
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