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Pyke
Patch 16.2.1
SupportDifficulty
Hard
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Win lane early, then abandon it to roam with your jungler. Use to bypass wards and set up picks with . Close the game before 30 minutes by funneling gold to your carries via .
Playstyle
Aggressive roaming assassin who creates massive gold leads for his team through executes. You aren't a traditional support; you're a second jungler who hunts for picks and cleans up fights.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- + generates massive gold leads for both you and your teammates
- +Extreme mobility with and makes you a map-wide threat
- +High sustain in lane thanks to healing back trade damage
- +One of the best pick potentials in the game with the pull
Weaknesses
- -Zero bonus health scaling means you are always squishy due to
- -Extremely vulnerable to crowd control; if you get stunned, you usually die
- -Relies heavily on resets to be useful in large teamfights
- -Falls off hard late game when enemies buy Zhonya's or Guardian Angel
Abilities
You cannot gain maximum health. Any HP you buy turns into AD. When you take damage and then hide (using bushes or ), you heal back a portion of the health recently lost to champions. This makes 'hit-and-run' trades your best friend.
Hold to charge a hook that pulls enemies a fixed distance toward you. Tap to quickly stab and slow enemies in front of you. The tap deals more damage and applies a heavy 90% slow, making it better for finishing kills or peeling.
You go invisible and gain a burst of speed. Use this to approach for a , escape overextended positions, or simply trigger to heal mid-fight. Note that enemies see a 'shark' indicator if you are too close.
Dash forward and leave a ghost behind. After a short delay, the ghost flies back to you, stunning anyone it passes through. You can combine this with Flash or to change the ghost's path and land unexpected stuns.
Blink to a location and strike in an 'X'. If an enemy is below the health threshold, it executes them, resets the cooldown, and gives 'Your Cut' gold to the last assisting ally. If it misses or doesn't execute, you don't get the reset.
Teamfight Role
Patient Assassin/Cleaner
Stay on the outskirts of the fight. Do not engage first unless you have a clear pick. Wait for enemies to reach the 'X' threshold, then go in with to chain kills. Use to escape or reposition after an execute.
If your carry is being dived by a single assassin, use tap and purely for peeling instead of looking for your own kills.
Combos
The Bread and Butter
Hold -> through them -> Auto-attack
Pull the target toward you, then immediately dash through them. Since they are pulled a fixed distance, they will land right in the path of your phantom for a guaranteed stun.
The Long Range Catch
for speed -> -> Flash behind target -> Hold
Use the speed from to close distance. Use and then Flash behind the enemy to force the stun to hit them instantly. Follow up with a hook once they are stunned.
The Executioner
-> to target -> (Tap)
Use to dash, then immediately onto a low-health target. The blink from repositions you, which can drag your phantom through extra enemies while you secure the kill.
Quick Trade
(Tap) -> Auto-attack -> away
Used in lane to proc runes like Electrocute or Hail of Blades. The heavy slow from the tap ensures you get your autos off before dashing out safely.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 1 | is one of the strongest level 1 tools for invading or forcing a Flash in the bottom lane bushes. |
| Level 2 | You gain the and combo. If you land a hook here, it almost always results in a kill or burned summoner spells. |
| Level 6 | is your defining moment. You can now turn even fights into massive gold swings and secure kills your ADC might have missed. |
| Level 11 | The cooldown of decreases significantly, allowing you to look for picks more frequently during the mid-game roaming phase. |
Tips & Tricks
- •The 'Your Cut' gold from is worth more than a normal kill; always let Pyke execute if the threshold is reached.
- •Use to check for wards; if the 'Ghostwater' screen effect disappears or the shark indicator appears, the enemy has vision of you.
- •You can use as a pure mobility tool. The blink happens even if you don't hit a champion, allowing you to jump over walls in emergencies.
- • only heals you when you are unseen. If you aren't healing in a bush, it means the bush is warded.
- •Holding slows you down; don't charge it too early or the enemy will just walk out of range.
- •If you and then , the phantom travels to your new location at the center of the 'X', extending the stun range massively.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using to engage without knowing where the enemy jungler is→You have no escape tools left and your low base health means you will be deleted instantly.
- ✕Hooking a full-health tank into your squishy ADC→You essentially do the enemy's job for them, giving a tank like Alistar or Leona a free gap-close onto your carry.
- ✕Panic-casting as soon as the 'X' appears→Enemies can Flash, Heal, or use Zhonya's. Wait for them to use their mobility first or wait for them to be CC'd.
- ✕Building items like Heartsteel or Warmog's→The health-to-AD conversion rate on is very poor. You end up with no health AND low damage.
- ✕Staying in lane when your ADC is safe→You lose your biggest advantage—map pressure. Pyke wins by being everywhere at once using .
AI-generated guide • Patch 16.2.1 • Cached