Nautilus with Pyke
How to Synergize Nautilus and Pyke
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Nautilus Pyke Synergy Summary
Best Nautilus vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nautilus and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Nautilus with Pyke
While ganking, consider aiming Dredge Line at nearby terrain and following it up with Riptide for a higher hit rate.
Riptide has a delayed blast timing on activation - you can use this while running away or when enemies are incoming to serve as a deterrent.
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.
Nautilus Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Nautilus in LoL
The Nautilus 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, Nautilus 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 fall shows that Pyke helps Nautilus perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nautilus is paired with Pyke, he observes a massive increase in his full damage output. This may demonstrate that Pyke supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Nautilus is played together with Pyke on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Pyke.
Moreover, when Nautilus plays with Pyke on the same side, he usually takes more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Pyke does a poor job of protecting Nautilus in team fights.
Synergies between Nautilus and Pyke
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Is Nautilus better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no top ally for Nautilus that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Pyke is a very bad ally for Nautilus. By playing on the same team as Nautilus, he lowers their win rate by -6.3% to 42.5%. This signals that there is a very bad bond between Nautilus and Pyke that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Pyke has a greater difficulty than Nautilus. That means you must be cautious when lining up Pyke allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting together, Nautilus players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by aligning Nautilus and Pyke together, you will not be giving your side very much AP. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Pyke ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, 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
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nautilus to work well with Pyke during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to get in your Nautilus and Pyke synergy build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Nautilus combined at least these three great items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Pyke than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nautilus had an average win rate of 42.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Pyke with this build.
To have the best probability of beating your oponents, you should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Nautilus and Pyke pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 42.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Pyke with Nautilus are displayed for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.