Am I the only one not being as excited for Pyke as I should be?

Forhonor321·May 10, 2018·12 votes·6,881 views

Look, I'm not saying I'm not looking forward to Pyke, an offensive Bilgewater support champ sounds fun and his teaser did get me interested. But everyone seems to be flipping out over him more so then I am, even though there are a lot of things that he brings that other champs have already brought.

He has a list to exact revenge on, even though Revenge is Kalista's theme, he was betrayed and presumably drowned, even though that's Nautilus (though with the Riot post a while back his lore may have changed), and I'm going to say it: I thought his initial appearance looked like old Bilgewater Swain (Change my Mind).

We're obviously going to see what he actually is like when he hits the PBE next week but for an initial impression it just didn't hit me as hard as it should have.

11 Comments

GreenLoreMay 11, 20184 votes

Pretty much agree with you here.

His story sounds a lot like the old one of Nautilus and him being a "serial-killer-support"(who also happens to be undead) really reminds me of Thresh.

Though I don't mind the revenge motif,as Kalista is someone who avenges the betrayed,so her acts aren't really that unjust and seem to focus on the betrayers only. Meanwhile Pyke sees everyone in Bilgewater as guilty,so his anger is clearly misguided.

4 Step CadenceMay 11, 20183 votes

Serial killer support, eh? Funny you should mention that...

Jhin

Chembaron YamadaMay 11, 20182 votes

I wouldn't consider Pyke a serial killer, since he seems to be an undead being. Has more of a ghost story for me.

And Jhin and Pyke have absolutely nothing in common. Besides, Jhin isn't a support...

4 Step CadenceMay 11, 20181 votes

Some Jhin mains do play him support, and they do a damn fine job doing it. Would I recommend it? No, but when you have one million points on a champion, you can take them anywhere and pretty much kick ass with them. He has a lot of things an ADC can take advantage of. He has abilities that poke(Q, W), he has abilities that slow(E, R), his W roots off of any damage he or his teammates deal, and his R is a great engage for not only lane, but teamfights as well. Again, I wouldn't recommend it, nor would I personally enjoy a Jhin support(how am I supposed to play him if my support is).

Warlord DienekesMay 11, 20183 votes

Personally, I don’t like support so I won’t play him. And I rarely care about the magic aspect of fantasy as anything other than an obstacle to overcome. So the story doesn’t exactly grab me.

But I enjoy grotesques and horror. So I’m interested in that part of him. Honestly, Riot has been changing the old grotesques the game to give visuals that more enforce strength than horror. So I’m hopeful that this new champion will indicate that this pattern is being broken.

BLIGHTBRINGERMay 11, 20182 votes

Some people aren't because he's a new support champion and we all know how everyone clearly enjoys playing support lol.

TokogawarufMay 11, 20181 votes

I enjoy Supporing. Its honestly the role i feel the most confortable on even tho i still enjoy ADC more rolewise

Best Ekko NAMay 11, 20182 votes

I'm not excited at all, because he really seems like he's going to be just another champion with the same mechanics and kit design as 22 other champions that already exist. There are already enough champions in the game with executes, we really don't need another one.

Chogath Darius Ekko Elise Evelynn Fizz Garen Jhin Jinx Kaisa KogMaw LeeSin Morgana Nidalee Pantheon RekSai Riven Shaco Urgot Veigar Volibear Warwick

ChandbergMay 15, 20181 votes

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I'm not excited at all, because he really seems like he's going to be just another champion with the same mechanics and kit design as 22 other champions that already exist. There are already enough champions in the game with executes, we really don't need another one.

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I think you are misguided on what an execute is. An execute is an ability that does more damage the lower the enemy health. Garen, Jhin, Jinx, Kog, Lee, Riven, Urgot, Voli, and Veig are the only ones that actually have an execute in your list.

Best Ekko NAMay 15, 20181 votes

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I think you are misguided on what an execute is. An execute is an ability that does more damage the lower the enemy health. Garen, Jhin, Jinx, Kog, Lee, Riven, Urgot, Voli, and Veig are the only ones that actually have an execute in your list.

Perhaps you do not understand what those champions do.

http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Execution_champion