Pyke Wild Rift Build & Guide

Electrocute: Electrocute deals adaptive damage upon hitting three separate attacks on a champion within 3 seconds. Landing all your abilities can become more rewarding with the addition of Electrocute’s passive, as it will be of service in the attempt to lower down their health to make way for your ultimate. 

Aftershock: Aside from Electrocute, this could be the optimal keystone for Pyke. Upon immobilizing your enemy, Aftershock grants damage resistance and damage around the area you’re in. Pyke can be given bonus defense, as he is considered to be a squishy champion due to the passive. 

Weakness: Pyke possesses two crowd controls in his kit; Bone skewer and. Hence, weakness is the best for the domination rune. Enemies take 5% more damage for the next 5 seconds after getting immobilized, enabling Pyke to deal more damage.

Titan: For the resolve rune, Pyke benefits the most by using Titan. Titan provides both maximum health and tenacity for each unique champion takedown. In exchange for higher damage output, bonus health will not be utilized by Pyke. Instead, a portion of it will be converted to attack damage. This makes him very squishy and vulnerable. With Titan however, he can last longer in teamfights and can immediately get out from snares or crowd control abilities due to tenacity. 

Pathfinder: Pyke belongs to the group of supports that excels at roaming. Hence, he’ll benefit greatly from this rune. Pathfinder provides a 9% bonus movement speed essential for a roamer like Pyke.

In our Pyke Wild Rift Guide, here are the best champion spells that you can equip on him.

Despite having a quick dash that allows him to pass through walls, flash remains to be significant as a means of escape and to catch up on his prey.

Ignite applies true damage that gradually decreases enemy’s health over time and grievous wounds. Grievous wounds is crucial when fighting against champions that can heal or self-heal such as Soraka, Yuumi and Nami.

Other spells include Exhaust and Heal:

Heal is also a great option for Pyke. Among all of his abilities, none of it provide protection to your carries aside from hook and stun. In spite of being an assassin, assisting your ally should remain to be a support’s primary role. 

Exhaust on the other hand, decreases the movement speed of the target and a portion of the damage they are dealing. No need to worry about a prey making an attempt to escape out of Pyke’s sight with exhaust by your side. 

Every Pyke player is suggested to prioritize the ultimate, Death from Below and upgrade it as soon as possible. Not only will it reduce the cooldown, but will also increase the base execute threshold allowing Pyke to kill opponents more quickly. Being a support assassin, it is advisable for him to upgrade 1st ability, Bone Skewer and 3rd ability Phantom Undertow as it is his source of crowd control and damage, before maxing his 2nd ability, Ghostwater Drive. 

Similar to the rest of the supports, Pyke should remain on the dragon lane during the laning phase. He takes power from lethality and attack damage items which can become slightly more expensive than traditional support items. This however does not give him a reason to steal resources from his carry. Instead, seize a good opportunity to poke and engage. Play aggressively as Pyke as assassins tend to be a bit stronger in the early game, giving you an advantage that you may utilize to win a 2v2 along with your carry. Avoid taking unnecessary deaths and eventually lose the lane. You must not forget that Pyke does not have the ability to shield, heal or tank damage for the carries. It is then your responsibility to delay the power spike of your opponents by either killing them or zoning them out as they may become unstoppable in the late game. For his Bone Skewer, take note of your opponents’ movement to make it easier to land your hook. 

Place wards along the river to avoid gank and at the same time try to destroy enemy wards to deprive them of vision. This will also enable your opponents to gank your lane without worrying about getting seen. 

Once you have your boots and some items with you, you may start roaming to help your jungler or midlaner. Beforehand, make sure that your carry is aware of your decision and is in a safe position while you are helping the rest of your team. 

Lastly, try not to take kills from your carry as not to delay their power spike unless it’s from your ultimate.

As usual, assassins tend to fall off in the late game. Same goes with Pyke. Try not to make unnecessary engages as Pyke remains to be squishy even at this point. His maximum health does not increase and only gets converted to attack damage. Instead, try to peel for your adc and make sure no one lays a finger on them or attempt to pick off squishy opponents without compromising your team’s safety. Lastly, capitalize your high mobility by providing vision for your team. 

Consider yourself lucky if your ADC decides to pick these champions. Generally, Pyke Wild Rift works better with champions that have crowd control abilities, dashes, and those who are stronger early in the game.

Xayah is a better pick for Pyke. Asserting domination with these two can be a piece of cake. Xayah can spread feathers around the lane, limiting the space for your opponents in fear of getting snared. At the same time, Pyke can zone out enemies by his Bone Skewer. If ever Pyke did manage to land a hook, Xayah can immediately follow up with her third ability, Bladecaller, to root enemies again. 

Lucian is undeniably strong in the early phase of the game and is considered to be a lane bully. Lucian and Pyke can take control of the game easily and might even push them out of the lane. At the same time, Lucian can immediately catch up to Pyke using third ability, Relentless Pursuit upon engaging.