Pyke

Pyke Counters

Best and worst picks against Pyke in Support at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Renata Glasc, Amumu and Elise beat Pyke most often. Poppy and Pantheon win the laning phase against Pyke by the widest gold margin.

Best picks against Pyke

Highest win rate versus Pyke in Support.

  1. 1Renata Glasc241 games58.5%
  2. 2Amumu113 games57.5%
  3. 3Elise147 games56.5%
  4. 4Rell579 games56.0%
  5. 5Rakan891 games55.1%
  6. 6Alistar912 games54.5%
  7. 7Taric200 games54.0%
  8. 8Morgana1,073 games53.9%
  9. 9Poppy483 games53.8%
  10. 10Brand621 games53.8%
  11. 11Leona1,542 games53.5%
  12. 12Nautilus2,017 games53.4%
  13. 13Soraka932 games53.3%
  14. 14Nami1,238 games53.2%
  15. 15Galio156 games53.2%

Worst picks against Pyke

Lowest win rate versus Pyke in Support.

  1. 1Ashe218 games41.3%
  2. 2Zilean367 games44.7%
  3. 3Shaco277 games46.2%
  4. 4Hwei102 games47.1%
  5. 5Lux2,012 games47.7%
  6. 6Swain723 games47.7%
  7. 7Vel'Koz458 games48.0%
  8. 8Zyra494 games48.2%
  9. 9Braum900 games48.6%

Best lane counters vs Pyke

Largest gold lead over Pyke at 15 minutes in Support.

  1. 1Poppy168 games+30
  2. 2Pantheon336 games+29

How to play against Pyke

Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick.

In lane and in teamfights

  1. Stand behind minions and punish missed Q with immediate damage before he can reset in fog.
  2. Track his bush movement; deny unwarded angles so E cannot start a free all-in.
  3. Group low-health allies away from fog so his R cannot chain resets through a skirmish.
  4. Force him to show before objectives by clearing side bushes and river entrances together.
  5. Stop chasing into darkness after a won fight; he turns scattered low-health targets into R resets.

Where Pyke is weak

Exploit these in draft and in lane.

  • Pyke cannot absorb frontline damage, so grouped teams can punish him before he finds execute resets.
  • His pick threat depends on fog and low-health targets, making sustained vision control sharply reduce his impact.

Pyke counters: questions

Who counters Pyke in Support?

At Gold+, Renata Glasc (58.5%), Amumu (57.5%) and Elise (56.5%) have the highest win rates against Pyke.

Who does Pyke counter?

Pyke wins most often against Ashe (41.3%), Zilean (44.7%) and Shaco (46.2%).

Who wins lane against Pyke?

By gold lead at 15 minutes, Poppy (+30) and Pantheon (+29) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Pyke.

How is the counter list ranked?

Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength.