Pyke with Brand
How to Synergize Pyke and Brand
based on 5,031 Pyke with Brand pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Pyke Brand Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Brand
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Brand
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 Brand Will Play
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
Pyke Brand Synergy Stats
How to Play with Brand as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Brand synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Brand, 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 Brand. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Brand helps Pyke perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pyke is an ally to Brand, he observes a little increase in his total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Brand provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played with Brand 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 synergisticly with Brand.
Additionally, when Pyke plays with Brand on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Brand does a poor job of protecting Pyke in team fights.
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Brand?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Pyke that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. However, overall, Brand is a good ally for Pyke. By playing on the same side as Pyke, he improves their win rate by 2.3% to 51.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Pyke and Brand that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Brand has a much lower diffuclty than Pyke. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Brand allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by bringing Pyke and Brand together, you probably will not be granting your other allies much tankyness. We recommend you have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Brand teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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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 work well with Brand during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to use in your Pyke and Brand synergy build include Umbral Glaive, Hubris, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Brand than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 51.4% when playing alongside Brand with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, Pyke players should take the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.4% win rate overall.
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