Pyke with Varus
How to Synergize Pyke and Varus
based on 4,724 Pyke with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Pyke Varus Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Pyke and Varus
Tips for Playing as Pyke with Varus
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 Varus Will Play
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
Pyke Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Pyke in LoL
The Pyke Varus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Varus, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Varus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Varus helps Pyke perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Pyke tries to synergize with Varus, he observes a small increase in his full damage output. This could signal that Varus supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Pyke is played with Varus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Varus.
Additionally, when Pyke plays with Varus on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Varus does a poor job of covering Pyke during team fights.
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Is Pyke better when played alongside Varus?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Pyke that will always be his best synergy. Yet, Varus is a relatively poor companion for Pyke. By locking into the same side as Pyke, he lowers their win rate by -1.7% to 47.4%. This shows that there is a negative strategic relationship between Pyke and Varus that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Pyke. That means Pyke players don't need to be cautious when lining up Varus teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing together, Pyke players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by grouping Pyke and Varus together, you may not be providing your team very much magical damage output. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Varus ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Pyke to pair well with Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to include in your Pyke and Varus synergy build consist of Solstice Sleigh, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Pyke combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Varus than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 47.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, Pyke players should equip the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Relentless Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Varus with Pyke are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.