Pyke with Kog'Maw
How to Synergize Pyke and Kog'Maw
based on 784 Pyke with Kog'Maw pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Pyke Kog'Maw Synergy Summary
Best Pyke vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Kog'Maw
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 Kog'Maw Will Play
Make the most out of your Icathian Surprise.
Use Void Ooze to set up a perfect Living Artillery.
Kog'Maw can outrange most champions with his Bio-Arcane Barrage ability.
Pyke Kog'Maw Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kog'Maw as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Kog'Maw synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kog'Maw, 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 Kog'Maw. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kog'Maw helps Pyke perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Pyke is paired with Kog'Maw, he observes a small increase in his full damage output. This could signal that Kog'Maw supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played with Kog'Maw on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Kog'Maw. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kog'Maw.
Moreover, when Pyke plays with Kog'Maw on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Kog'Maw does a poor job of protecting Pyke during team fights.
Synergies between Pyke and Kog'Maw
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Kog'Maw?
There is no top synergy for Pyke that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. Yet, Kog'Maw is a relatively poor ally for Pyke. By being on the same team as Pyke, he drops their win rate by -2.9% to 46.2%. This signals that there is a harmful synergy between Pyke and Kog'Maw that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Kog'Maw has a lower difficulty than Pyke. That means Pyke players don't need to be very careful when lining up Kog'Maw allies to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working together, Pyke players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability 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 Kog'Maw together, you will not be granting your side a lot of engage. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Kog'Maw ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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
To learn all of the intricacies of Pyke in order to synergize with Kog'Maw during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Pyke and Kog'Maw synergy build include Umbral Glaive, Bloodsong, and Axiom Arc. When Pyke included at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Kog'Maw than with most other common item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 46.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kog'Maw with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Pyke and Kog'Maw pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.2% win rate overall.
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