I don't know how to go about it, I'd probably touch his healing to be honest. Maybe make his Q single target instead of hitting multiple minions when not charged.
Playstyle is extremely stupid. You can't gank him and you can't out trade him. Ganking for a Pyke is also extremely free.
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Pyke was almost as big a mistake as Ekko and needs to be thrown into the nerf grinder where he belongs.
They need to revert the mini-rework they gave him because it basically just caused what they were trying to prevent: Solo Lane Pyke.
Overloaded pointless champ for autofilled "I want to be the hero, not an assistant" kids.
That's what you get because of that.
solo lane pyke is balanced, its much like twitch jungle, its only good against lazy players which I think is good because it punishes the right kind of shit and keeps people honest.
Find a way to nerf his lane without nerfing his support at all will be hella hard. And he is kinda in the weak side of supports.
Maybe buff his support and nerf his sololane but IDK how you would do this effectively.
His mobility needs a hit , his roams are what make him so good .
I've said this before, he shouldn't heal his whole healthbar back for free. Simple, just remove it.
The thing is no one expects Pyke to be played in a solo lane, mostly only as a support. I usually play Pyke mid to counter some match ups like Yasuo, other assassins and some mages. I don't always succeed, someone like Swain or Galio can destroy Pyke or any long range mage that can poke him from afar. Pyke is a melee champion, harass him as much as possible when he tries to farm. He has a weaknesses, he is squishy as hell, he is easy to pin down. You know who is more annoying that Pyke mid? Sylas or Aatrox mid, everytime I have play against them I lose...
So does ARAM Pyke.
I mean, I did say the whole "assassin support" thing was dumb as a concept. They give a character high base damage, decent scaling, high base stats, cc, and sustain. How exactly did Riot think he wasn't going to solo lane?
Shorten/remove the stun on his dash. Stupidly good for catching and even better for running away. He's an assassin already with a non reducible CC on his Q, the stun is just unnecessary
Tbh, pyke deserve the support treatment that, if you are unhealthy as a carry, you should only be able to support ( lulu, soraka, leona,...)
It's not even a solo lane problem. You can pick him as a carry bot with another tank support and destroy the lane just because of double targon. (Trust me on this, leo pyke is a disgusting lane if they are willing to lose some cs early)
Dude iv'e been saying Pyke needs to be nerfed PERIOD in any damn lane. He does more damage than the fucking ADC if hes a support, and hes damn near unkillable solo lane (unless hes bad). Sure you can kill a bad pyke. But a good pyke will always run away and come back with near full hp.
Dude has too many escapes and too much damage, and too much healing. I don't even know where to start with balancing him. Maybe start with his escape speed? He can dash, gets movement speed, and can go invis, zap his speed or something. I don't think he needs it lol.
i dont know about you, but i think Aatrox is pretty insane. I was completely astonished when i was caught out and forced to 1v3 and my q's gave me SO much hp back that I was able to hold out that "should've been dead" moment for a solid while and lived ultimately. I was like, wow, that's... not ok
