Pyke with Kayn
How to Synergize Pyke and Kayn
based on 5,660 Pyke with Kayn pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Pyke Kayn Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Kayn
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Kayn
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 Kayn Will Play
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
Pyke Kayn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kayn as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Kayn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kayn, 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 Kayn. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kayn helps Pyke perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Pyke tries to synergize with Kayn, he gets a little increase in his total damage dealt. This difference could signal that Kayn supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played together with Kayn on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kayn.
Additionally, when Pyke plays with Kayn on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Kayn does a poor job of protecting Pyke in team fights.
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Kayn?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Pyke that will no matter what be his #1 ally. However, overall, Kayn is a not very good ally for Pyke. By locking into the same team as Pyke, he drops their win rate by -2.2% to 46.9%. This proves that there is a harmful synergy between Pyke and Kayn that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Kayn has a greater difficulty than Pyke. That means Pyke players need to be cautious when arranging Kayn teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Working alongside, Pyke players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by bringing Pyke and Kayn together, you may not be granting your other teammates enough magic damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Kayn ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Pyke to synergize with Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to get in your Pyke and Kayn synergy build include Bloodsong, Axiom Arc, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Kayn than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 46.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kayn with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, Pyke players should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Zombie Ward, Ingenious Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.9% win rate overall.
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