How to beat Pyke

Common role: Support

An assassin support who hooks, stealths, and executes low-health targets for gold.

What makes Pyke dangerous

Pyke hooks you with his Q, stealths and heals with his W to roam and escape, and his ultimate executes any target below a health threshold — resetting to hit again and granting bonus gold to himself and an ally. He roams the map for picks and snowballs both botlane and the team.

How to play against Pyke

• 1Dodge his hook (Q) — it's his primary engage. Stand behind minions; a Pyke who misses hooks can't set up his picks.
• 2His ultimate executes only below a health threshold — stay above it in fights, and his reset-execute has nothing to grab.
• 3Track his roams — he stealths and moves to gank other lanes. Ward and ping when he leaves botlane, and he loses his pick pressure.
• 4He builds lethality and is squishy. Punish his aggressive positioning: when he steps up for a hook, all-in or trade back hard.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Reliant on landing his hook to engage.
• ✓Squishy assassin — punish his step-ups.
• ✓Ult only executes low-health targets.
• ✓Predictable roams if you keep vision.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Pyke's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Gabe der Ertrunkenen

  Wenn Pyke vor Gegnern verborgen ist, regeneriert er Schaden, den er vor Kurzem durch Champions erlittenen hat. Pyke erhält außerdem kein zusätzliches maximales Leben jeglichen Ursprungs, sondern stattdessen zusätzlichen Angriffsschaden.

• Q
  Knochenspieß

  Pyke spießt entweder einen Gegner vor ihm auf oder zieht einen Gegner zu sich.

  Strong: a long hook that sets up his roams and picks. Weak: dodge it behind minions — a Pyke who misses hooks can't get going.

• W
  Geisterhafter Tauchgang

  Pyke camoufliert sich und erhält einen erheblichen Lauftemposchub, der mit der Zeit abklingt.

  Strong: stealth and heal to roam and escape. Weak: track his roams with vision and pings; caught out, he's a squishy assassin.

• E
  Phantomsog

  Pyke springt davon und hinterlässt ein Phantom, das nach kurzer Zeit zu ihm zurückkehrt und gegnerische Champions auf dem Weg betäubt.

• R
  Tod aus der Tiefe

  Pyke teleportiert sich zu Gegnern mit wenig Leben und richtet sie hin. Bei Erfolg kann er die Fähigkeit erneut wirken und unterstützende Verbündeten erhalten zusätzliches Gold.

  Strong: executes any target below a health threshold and resets. Weak: stay above the threshold in fights and his reset-execute has nothing to grab.

Itemization

Pyke is a lethality assassin support. Dodge his hook, keep vision to track his roams, and stay above his ult's execute threshold in fights. Health and a bit of armor make his all-ins far less reliable.

This guide covers Pyke's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.