Pyke with Soraka
How to Synergize Pyke and Soraka
based on 207 Pyke with Soraka pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Pyke Soraka Synergy Summary
Best Pyke vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Soraka
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Soraka
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 Soraka Will Play
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
Pyke Soraka Synergy Stats
How to Play with Soraka as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Soraka synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Soraka, 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 Soraka. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Soraka helps Pyke perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pyke is an ally to Soraka, he gets a massive increase in his complete damage output. This change may indicate that Soraka provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played together with Soraka 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 synergisticly with Soraka.
Additionally, when Pyke plays with Soraka on the same side, he typically takes significantly more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Soraka does a poor job of protecting Pyke during team fights.
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Soraka?
There is no top companion for Pyke that will always be his ideal teammate. However, Soraka is a terrible teammate for Pyke. By being on the same side as Pyke, she lowers their win rate by -4.2% to 44.9%. This proves that there is a terrible synergy between Pyke and Soraka that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Soraka has a much lower diffuclty than Pyke. That means Pyke players don't need to be very careful when lining up Soraka comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Working on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide utility and CC for your side. Combined, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
In contrast, by pairing Pyke and Soraka together, you may not be granting your other teammates much AP. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Soraka teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Pyke to pair well with Soraka during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to pick up additional 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 items to focus on in your Pyke and Soraka synergy build include Guardian Angel, Edge of Night, and Celestial Opposition. When Pyke bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Soraka than with most other common item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average win rate of 44.9% helping carry Soraka with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Pyke players 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 runes players chose for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 44.9% winrate overall.
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