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
  溺水之幸

  当派克消失在敌人视野外时，他可从所受的来自敌方英雄的伤害中回复显著的生命值。派克无法从任何来源（装备、符文等）中获得额外最大生命值加成，而是会获得攻击力作为替代。

• Q
  透骨尖钉

  派克要么戳刺他前方的一名敌人，要么将一名敌人拽向他。

  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
  幽潭潜行

  派克进入伪装状态并获得显著的移动速度加成，此移速加成会逐渐衰减。

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

• E
  魅影浪洄

  派克突进并在身后留下一个幻影。幻影将会返回派克身边，并晕眩沿途的敌人。

• R
  涌泉之恨

  派克进行闪烁以处决低血量的敌人，并且如果处决成功还能再次施放此技能并为一名助攻的友军提供额外的金币。

  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.