Pyke with Sylas
How to Synergize Pyke and Sylas
based on 4,291 Pyke with Sylas pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Pyke Sylas Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Sylas
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Sylas
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 Sylas Will Play
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Pyke Sylas Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sylas as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Sylas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sylas, 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 Sylas. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Sylas helps Pyke perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Pyke tries to synergize with Sylas, he gets a small decrease in his total damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Sylas does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played with Sylas on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Sylas.
Moreover, when Pyke plays with Sylas on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Sylas does a decent job of covering Pyke during team fights.
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Sylas?
There is no perfect synergy for Pyke that will no matter what be his #1 ally. However, overall, Sylas is a not very good ally for Pyke. By being on the same side as Pyke, he decreases their win rate by -2.9% to 46.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad synergy between Pyke and Sylas that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Sylas has a lower difficulty than Pyke. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Sylas teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to do well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by aligning Pyke and Sylas together, you probably will not be providing your team a lot of engage potential. Plan to pick other champs on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Sylas ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Pyke in order to work well with Sylas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to get in your Pyke and Sylas synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Bloodsong, and Opportunity. When Pyke included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Sylas than with most other common item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 46.2% helping carry Sylas with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, you should use 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 chose for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.2% win rate overall.
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