Viktor with Pyke
How to Synergize Viktor and Pyke
based on 1,855 Viktor with Pyke pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Viktor Pyke Synergy Summary
Best Viktor vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Viktor and Pyke
Tips for Playing as Viktor with Pyke
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor Pyke Synergy Stats
How to Play with Pyke as Viktor in LoL
The Viktor 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, Viktor sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Pyke. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Pyke helps Viktor perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Viktor tries to synergize with Pyke, he sees a little increase in his total damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Pyke supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Viktor is played with Pyke on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Pyke. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Pyke.
Moreover, when Viktor plays with Pyke on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Pyke does a decent job of covering Viktor during teamfights.
Synergies between Viktor and Pyke
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Is Viktor better when played alongside Pyke?
There is no ideal ally for Viktor that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, Pyke is a great companion for Viktor. By playing on the same team as Viktor, he improves their win rate by 3.0% to 53.2%. This demonstrates that there is an important strategic relationship between Viktor and Pyke that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Pyke has a lower difficulty than Viktor. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Pyke teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need 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 deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by aligning Viktor and Pyke together, you will not be granting your team a great deal of engage potential. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that fills this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of your Pyke ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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
If you would like to truly master Viktor in order to pair well with Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to prioritize in your Viktor and Pyke synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Pyke than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Viktor had an average win rate of 53.2% helping carry Pyke with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Viktor players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Pyke with Viktor are presented for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.