My single problem with Pyke

Lauchmelder·8/27/2019, 1:13:53 PM·2 votes·1,185 views

There have been a lot of questionable balance decisions since I started playing this game in 2014 (in my opinion at least). One of the rather recent ones include the Ardent Censer meta, which was allowed to exist for way too long, various class/champion reworks like Syndra being allowed to pick up 3 balls at once and much more.

But there's one single thing that REALLY grinds my gears. Back when my favorite champion (Azir) was strong he got gutted for more than half a year due to him having an overloaded and overtuned kit. While I disliked him being allowed to rot in the depths of the "waiting for a rework" - drawer I understood why it was needed.

Here comes Pyke. His kit is overloaded, it is overtuned, he's generally frustrating to play against. All of these are problems shared with pre-gutting Azir. The difference between the two is that Pyke isn't even being considered for a nerf, let alone a gutting.

I don't want for anyone to have their champion "Azir'd" as it's a horrible experience. What I do want is consistency. If Riot decided that Azir was too overloaded and overtuned that he deserved some major nerfs then the same should apply to Pyke.

4 Comments

Discipl1ne8/27/2019, 2:40:11 PM1 votes

well...he is pretty strong in high elo and soloq when mastered.dunno why riot won't nerf. what can i say? i love maining him. (maybe riot refuses to touch him because they get a cut?get it? )

CallMeAxel1238/27/2019, 3:06:06 PM1 votes

even if he wouldn't give extra gold he would still be OP because of his mobility, stelath and execute ult. extra gold is just the thing that makes him broken.

Hotarµ8/27/2019, 3:41:53 PM1 votes

His kit is overloaded, it is overtuned, he's generally frustrating to play against.

No allied heals, no allied shields, telegraphed abilities, a single damage type, all of his kill power frontloaded into a single ability that any dash/heal/blink/MS boost/stasis can block.

The difference between the two is that Pyke isn't even being considered for a nerf, let alone a gutting.

Because while Pyke is insanely popular and decently strong right now, he's not a must-pick and most of his counters (Enchanters) can hold up very well against him.

Heals counter him, mobility counters him, both of which are in abundance right now. If Pyke can't go all-in, he's not going to do anything. Compare that to Azir who was a monster in both the mid-late game, had an oppressive early game, functionally zoned out every single melee laner from getting CS while chunking all champions with his Q>AA>Q combo, and has/had near unmatched DPS when he gets 2-3+ items.

######edit: and just for the record, I'm not downvoting any of those comments or this post