Lucian with Pyke
How to Synergize Lucian and Pyke
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Lucian Pyke Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Lucian and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Lucian with Pyke
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Lucian in LoL
The Lucian 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, Lucian 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 Lucian perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Lucian tries to synergize with Pyke, he sees a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This difference could signal that Pyke supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Lucian is played alongside 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 with Pyke.
Moreover, when Lucian plays with Pyke on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Pyke does a decent job of covering Lucian in team fights.
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Is Lucian better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Lucian that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, Pyke is a very typical teammate for Lucian. By locking into the same team as Lucian, he decreases their win rate by -0.4% to 48.4%. This proves that there is not really a strong synergy between Lucian and Pyke that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Pyke has a greater difficulty than Lucian. That means Lucian players should be very careful when lining up Pyke comrades to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Playing on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by aligning Lucian and Pyke together, you probably will not be providing your other allies enough magical damage output. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Pyke ally, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Lucian in order to pair well with Pyke during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to get in your Lucian and Pyke synergy build include Kraken Slayer, Navori Quickblades, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Lucian bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Pyke than with most other common builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average win rate of 48.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Pyke with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, Lucian players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Legend: Bloodline, and Presence of Mind runes from the Inspiration and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Lucian and Pyke pairings, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Pyke with Lucian are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.