Pyke with Lucian
How to Synergize Pyke and Lucian
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Pyke Lucian Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Lucian
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Lucian
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 Lucian Will Play
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
Pyke Lucian Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lucian as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Lucian synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lucian, 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 Lucian. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Lucian helps Pyke perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pyke tries to synergize with Lucian, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This difference may signal that Lucian does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played together with Lucian on the same side, 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 alongside Lucian.
Additionally, when Pyke plays with Lucian on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Lucian does a decent job of protecting Pyke during team fights.
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Lucian?
There is no top champion pairing for Pyke that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. However, overall, Lucian is a very typical ally for Pyke. By being on the same team as Pyke, he decreases their win rate by -0.7% to 48.4%. This signals that there is only a small synergy between Pyke and Lucian that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Lucian has a lower difficulty than Pyke. That means Pyke players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Lucian allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
When playing together, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by grouping Pyke and Lucian together, you probably will not be granting your side much AP. Plan to include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of your Lucian ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, 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 synergize with Lucian during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to get in your Pyke and Lucian synergy build include Edge of Night, Bloodsong, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Lucian than with many other typical builds. In fact, Pyke had an average winrate of 48.4% helping carry Lucian with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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