Pyke with Ryze
How to Synergize Pyke and Ryze
based on 1,166 Pyke with Ryze pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Pyke Ryze Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Ryze
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Ryze
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 Ryze Will Play
Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.
Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.
Pyke Ryze Synergy Stats
How to Play with Ryze as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Ryze synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ryze, 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 Ryze. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Ryze helps Pyke perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pyke is an ally to Ryze, he observes a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This could indicate that Ryze provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played together with Ryze on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Ryze. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Ryze.
Moreover, when Pyke plays with Ryze on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Ryze does a poor job of covering Pyke in team fights.
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Ryze?
There is no perfect companion for Pyke that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. Yet, overall, Ryze is a very typical teammate for Pyke. By being on the same team as Pyke, he drops their win rate by -0.8% to 48.3%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong synergy between Pyke and Ryze that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Ryze has a lower difficulty than Pyke. That means Pyke players don't need to be very careful when lining up Ryze allies to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by grouping Pyke and Ryze together, you will not be giving your side enough cover. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Ryze ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Pyke in order to pair well with Ryze during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to prioritize in your Pyke and Ryze synergy build include Bloodsong, Hubris, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Pyke combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Ryze than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Pyke had an average win rate of 48.3% helping carry Ryze with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you 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 rune sets players picked for Pyke and Ryze pairings, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.3% win rate overall.
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