Rek'Sai with Pyke
How to Synergize Rek'Sai and Pyke
based on 696 Rek'Sai with Pyke pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rek'Sai Pyke Synergy Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Rek'Sai and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai with Pyke
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Advice to Understand How Pyke Will Play
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.
Rek'Sai Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Rek'Sai in LoL
The Rek'Sai Pyke synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Pyke, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Rek'Sai sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Pyke. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Pyke helps Rek'Sai perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Rek'Sai tries to synergize with Pyke, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Pyke supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Rek'Sai is played alongside Pyke 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 synergisticly with Pyke.
Additionally, when Rek'Sai plays with Pyke on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Pyke does a poor job of covering Rek'Sai in team fights.
Synergies between Rek'Sai and Pyke
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Is Rek'Sai better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Rek'Sai that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. However, Pyke is a below average companion for Rek'Sai. By being on the same team as Rek'Sai, he decreases their win rate by -1.3% to 47.1%. This signals that there is a negative synergy between Rek'Sai and Pyke that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Pyke has a much greater difficulty compared to Rek'Sai. That means you must be very careful when arranging Pyke allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by aligning Rek'Sai and Pyke together, you will not be giving your side enough magic damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Pyke ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Rek'Sai in order to work well with Pyke during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to include in your Rek'Sai and Pyke synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Pyke than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average win rate of 47.1% helping carry Pyke with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.1% winrate overall.
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