Pyke with Blitzcrank
How to Synergize Pyke and Blitzcrank
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Pyke Blitzcrank Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Blitzcrank
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.
Advice to Understand How Blitzcrank Will Play
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Pyke Blitzcrank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Blitzcrank as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Blitzcrank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Blitzcrank, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Pyke sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Blitzcrank. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Blitzcrank helps Pyke perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pyke is paired with Blitzcrank, he gets a massive increase in his complete damage output. This could indicate that Blitzcrank helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played alongside Blitzcrank on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Blitzcrank. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Blitzcrank.
Additionally, when Pyke plays with Blitzcrank on the same side, he typically receives more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Blitzcrank does a poor job of protecting Pyke in teamfights.
Synergies between Pyke and Blitzcrank
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Blitzcrank?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Pyke that will no matter what be his best synergy. However, overall, Blitzcrank is a not very good ally for Pyke. By playing on the same side as Pyke, he lowers their win rate by -2.5% to 46.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Pyke and Blitzcrank that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Blitzcrank has a much lower diffuclty than Pyke. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Blitzcrank teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting alongside, Pyke players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by aligning Pyke and Blitzcrank together, you may not be giving your other teammates a great deal of AP. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that offsets this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Blitzcrank ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will 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 Pyke to pair well with Blitzcrank during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Pyke and Blitzcrank synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Pyke bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Blitzcrank than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 46.6% helping carry Blitzcrank with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Pyke players should take the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Pyke and Blitzcrank pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.6% win rate overall.
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