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Can Pyke be dealt with?

Ashryver Queen ·7/19/2019, 10:03:02 AM·1 votes·965 views

I don't even know where to begin with this goddamned champion - I have literally almost never in my life been hit by a Pyke q and he still unloads a shit ton of CC on me with his braindead E which requires about as much effort as a 2 year old does to shit its pants; which is the feeling I get when hit by a borderline undodgeable ability as an ADC. Then, there's his extremely low-effort ultimate which is a goddamned true damage execute on a support that deals near 300+ damage on its first unlock level. But those are not the true cancer of Pyke - no, it's his goddamned regeneration and how he has so much sustain that if you don't 100-0 him (which is extremely hard because he can become invisible, dash a long-ass way and get a MS boost) - this champion has no punishments for his failures. Fail Q? No problem, e them because it spreads wider than my goddamned legs can and if you even by some divine stupidity manage to miss that, then you can hit your ultimate which has the impact radius of the f*cking Chernobyl radiation blast zone, and even if you fail that and are left with 10 hp, you can just go invisible, walk away, return with 60% hp restored and throw all your CC at the ADC again who can't dodge your E because it no longer has flash or is a hypermobile meta cancer. Seriously, dealing with this is more and more exhausting each game - I get that I'm just G1 and not that great at the game, but you cannot tell me this is reasonable.

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Teh Song7/19/2019, 1:01:01 PM3 votes

Pyke has one of the most easily dodgeable kits in the game. Q, easily dodged. E, easily dodged. R, easily dodged.

Q is as any line attack with non-instant movement speed is. E has a delay, a clear indicator, and requires himself to be in risky positioning. R is an X. It's size isn't that impressive, and it's an X. You don't even half to get out if range, just between the lines.

His ult is an execute. Especially since the new patch, it deals minimal damage. He can barely hurt you with it. Below threshold is death by execution, above threshold it just tickles you. You can heal after his animation starts and get back above threshold. It happens all the time, even just from lifesteal.

Pyke can't get more hp. Most defensive items are trash on him because without the HP they lose so much gold efficiency, and without HP gains armor/Mr is only so effective anyway. The sustain from Pyke's W is his only real defensive option. Without it he'd be nothing; unplayable.

Pyke isn't going to get your hp low enough for execution by himself. His kit outside ult is utility; 2 CC's and his sustain, with minimal damage. His execute will kill you, sure, but only if his team did the rest of the damage first. In short, he's not really an assassin, because he can't assassinate. He's just an executor. He even has voice lines when he dies in a 1v1 to remind the player that he's not supposed to be able to 1v1. "I work better with a crew." "Needed more hands." Etc.

If your having trouble against Pyke supports here's a tip for you: you counter him by attacking his adc, because if you scare them off he can't do s--t anymore.

ZeroAgainst7/19/2019, 10:03:45 AM1 votes

just accept the new champ designs and get ready for worst shit then pyke.

TheBrothersGrymm7/19/2019, 10:13:19 AM1 votes

he needs the wukong trreatment, nerfed into unplayable standards