Pyke, unfortunately, is thematically disappointing to me
One could extremely easily interchange Pyke with any ordinary Bilgewater bounty hunter/assassin guy and one wouldn't be able to tell unless they read the lore. I expected some sort of mad wraith who was obsessed with revenge, but didn't know when to stop or that he'd already killed those needed, and never stopped killing. Instead I got a slightly disgruntled wraith who honestly reminds me of Talon, except a pirate. I also disliked the changes made from his splash to in-game model. I know this had been said a thousand times but let me bring up a few points anyway.
Compared to these two pictures, this is a failure of the in-game model to match the spectacular teaser. Even the splash looks different from the model, as seen below.
The general visual differences I think could improve Pyke are as follows. 1: Change the skin to a more pallid color. 2: Give him back the pupils. He's FAR more menacing when you can see into his slightly deadened eyes, one of which is partially blinded, and look at that menace. In-game Pyke doesn't give that off well. 3: Make his head skinnier, it gives him the same vibe Jhin does, where unnaturally slender individuals evoke a creepy sense. 4: Make the mask match the teaser one better. It just looks more menacing and 'sharp', whereas this one looks more dumb thuggish.
I'm not gonna comment on gameplay, I think that's fine, but I think that Pyke isn't taking full advantage of his thematic possibilities and as a result he suffers as a character for it.
