Okay so im getting pretty sick of pyke ult having no counterplay whatsoever. Saying it is a skillshot is like saying malphite ult is a skillshot. It's still way the fuck overloaded considering how easy it is to land. Aoe true dmg, reset, grants kill gold, ignores shields for whatever reason so u cant take barrier, but u also cant take heal because he has ignite... Just chip something off it he doesnt have to get everything loaded in his kit.
This is exactly the same as Blitzcrank; basically, if Blitz hits a Q when he's lvl 6, ur dead. Same with pyke, but this is remedied because Pyke's Q is slow and predictable, even when Pyke technically brings more dmg.
TL;DR: Dodge the Q and u good
No Counterplay?
Here is a list of items, abilites and sums that stop pykes execute from either hitting or resetting:
Flash
Heal
Sivir Spellsheild
Nocturne Spellsheild
Lulu R
Kayle R
Lucian Dash
Ezreal Blink
Kayn R
Sona W
Fizz W(? I've never played fizz)
Vlad pool
Camille R (timing is hard but doable)
Bard R (again hard timing)
Stopwatch
Zonyas
GA
Edge of Night (hard timing)
Katarina Jump
Zed Shadowstep (forgot what the ability is called exactly)
Trynd R
Fiora Reposte (did not used to work but was bugfixed)
Zilean R
Soraka W
Soraka R
Various Riven Dodges
Various Renekton Dodges
Shaco R
Taric R (hard timing)
malz Passive
Anivia Passive
Zac Passive
Mini Gnar Hops
Yasuo Dashes
Nami W
Leblanc Distortion
Lissandra self ult
Aatrox Ult
Khaazix hop
Lee Sin Q
Evelynn R
Sylas W
and probally a bunch more that I'm forgetting. But basically any dash/blink, any spellsheild (apart from morg black sheild), any invulnerability spell, Resurrection, or Heal stops pyke's execute from resetting at least and many stop it from doing anything at all.
It's aoe physical damage unless multiple targets have low enough health. Malphite ult can easily be dodged with a dash, blink or Flash. Heal does a great job at denying his execute unless you're still too low. He can't ignite you from max cast range either. Take it or leave it.
"overloaded" is a garbage term because you people keep using it where it doesn't apply. This skill does 3 things and it is easy to dodge.
its just a shit show, there is counterplay but I hate how it gets an automatic cd if you kill someone with it :/ and the hitbox is so dumb, I hate pyke just in general, new champs and all the reworks have been shit shows.
