Pykemaxxing | [15.12] | In-depth Guide
Build Guide By Fyrrnix
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Recommended Items
Runes: Main runes
Domination
Sorcery
+10% Attack Speed
+10-180 Bonus Health
+10% Tenacity/Slow Resist
Spells:
Go to spells
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Flash
Ignite
Items
Items
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CORE
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Support item
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Usual order
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Other items
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Ability Order Q->E->W
Gift of the Drowned Ones (PASSIVE)
Pyke Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Threats
Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
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None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Extreme Threats
Ideal Synergies
Mel
She will try to poke you with Q.
ALWAYS be aware of her W and never try to pull her without having E as backup in case she pulls you and tries to root you
Samira
Her passive gets procc'd by your Q as it knocks up enemy while pulling them
Her 
Wild Rush resets on takedown
Very aggressive champ that can easily stomp early game even without the ult
Synergies
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Samira
Her passive gets procc'd by your Q as it knocks up enemy while pulling them Her [[wild rush]] resets on takedown Very aggressive champ that can easily stomp early game even without the ult
Champion Build Guide
Greetings
This is my first guide, I tried to share all of my experience with pyke over the years.
Will do my best to update this guide whenever there's a need for that.
CHAPTER
SELECTION
➼ Abilities ➼ Runes ➼ Items |
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➼ Ward placement ➼ Combos & Tricks ➼ Credits™ |
Pros & Cons
Pros
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Cons
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Abilities
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Runes
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DOMINATION
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Hail of Blades is your best friend in early game and even later on due to the 140% increased attack speed on the next 3 basic attacks. Be sure to abuse it in early game if possible as auto attacks can be quite devastating. Electrocute Can be also used, however it requires you to hit enemy champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities and is generally more useful for finishing off enemies / putting them in Death from Below's threshold and cannot help you out as much in early game. Be sure to take attack speed in runes with it as it makes procing Electrocute easier.
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Cheap Shot provides 10-45 true damage on stunned / impaired targets if you're fast enough (Can be proc'd with your AA or ability). Sudden Impact Used to give you lethality after using Ghostwater Dive or Phantom Undertow but now it provides your next AA or ability for 4 seconds to deal 20-80 True damage, however it's cooldown is 2.5 times longer than Cheap shot which makes it worse as you get less use out of it.
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Deep Ward is the best rune for supports, thanks to it increasing World Atlas's ward time by 30-45 seconds and giving them 1 extra health (as long as they are in enemy jungle or river (after lvl 9) ). Sixth Sense could also be used (if you REALLY wanted), but it only becomes useful at lvl 11 since it works like Oracle Lens. It's not worth picking over deep wards due to it's cooldown being way too long.
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Relentless Hunter for when you want even more out of combat movespeed (47 at 5 stacks with Celerity and no boots) and feel like Axiom Arcanist lowers your Death from Below cooldown enough. (Best taken with Synchronized Souls and Forever Forward.) Ultimate Hunter lowers your Death from Below's cooldown by 31 Ability Haste at max stacks and by 6 at 0 stacks, which let's you have it ready for every fight. |
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SORCERY |
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Axiom Arcanist is just Axiom Arc but as a rune which makes it better due to freeing up item slot, keep in mind it DOES NOT INCREASE DAMAGE unless enemy is over execute threshold. You're picking it purely for the cooldown lowering after each takedown, it can save you a lot of ultimate's downtime |
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Celerity gives you free movespeed while also increasing all movespeed you get by 7% which works with your Ghostwater Dive, Opportunity and boots which can help you close gaps easier.
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Attack Speed vs 6 attack damage both are helpful. In the 2nd you should always pick
as it provides youwith 12 attack damage (1 AD per 14 extra health) instead of just 6 like Adaptive Force.In the 3rd I prefer to take 10% Tenacity and Slow Resist than 12 AD from the health one.
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Items
CORE:
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Hubris |
Opportunity |
Hubris - the best 1st item. It lets you infinitely stack 2 AD per takedown, which is easy to do as Pyke with Death from Below. Opportunity - gives you total of 29 lethality ( the additional 11 lethality lasts for 3 seconds after dealing damage to champions) which scales with nearly all abilities, also let's you chase or run away after takedown due to 200ms it gives.
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STANDARD FULL BUILD:
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Hubris |
Opportunity |
Death's dance |
Profane Hydra |
Death's Dance - this is what you want when it comes to getting tankier against AD teams but also anyone in general as it turns 30% of total dmg you take into DoT, which gives you more time to score takedown and cleanse the DoT while regaining some health at the same time. Profane Hydra - your best bet on being able to protect base/push waves or helping you secure the threshold on enemy with it's active.
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SUPPORT ITEM:
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Bloodsong |
Celestial Opposition |
Bloodsong - your go-to support item. It gives you more damage and spellblade effect which enchances your AA to deal more damage after using any ability, it's only 8% more dmg but it's for your WHOLE team not just you. Celestial Opposition - the one item you take before you get Death's Dance if you're getting heavily bursted. It does basically what Death's dance but with cooldown.
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BOOTS:
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Synchronized Souls |
Boots of Swiftness |
Synchronized Souls - could probably be your go-to boots as they have higher move speed (5 less out of combat as Symbiotic Soles | 35 more out of combat when upgraded to Synchronized Souls) out of combat (
15 less during combat when not upgraded |
10 less when upgraded) while not losing a lot when compared to Boots of Swiftness, and the faster recall is a nice thing but you only obtain it once they change into Synchronized Souls! Their feats of strength upgraded version Forever Forward grant you a total of 122 out of combat movespeed, and that's just while walking, just like Celerity it increases during your Ghostwater Dive as long as you are out of combat. Boots of Swiftness - great but only really if they have champions with strong or a lot of slows (i.e Crippling Strike, Wither, etc.) Swiftmarch grant 5% of your total Movement Speed as Adaptive Force (20 Adaptive Force (or in pyke terms 12 AD) while simply walking, basically granting as much as Health Scaling does at max lvl). |
GOOD ITEMS:
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Serpent's Fang |
Edge of Night |
Maw of Malmortius |
Serpent's Fang - is a perfect item against teams with lots of shielding. Edge of Night - if you are getting constantly CC'd. Maw of Malmortius - pretty much the only option you have when facing heavy AP teams or champions as the shield scales with AD and not health.
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BAD ITEMS:
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Youmuu's Ghostblade |
Serylda's Grudge |
Axiom Arc |
Solstice Sleigh |
Voltaic Cyclosword |
Umbral Glaive |
Youmuu's Ghostblade - bait item, it gives you more ms but you already have enough thanks to your W and boots. Getting more is an overkill and a waste of item slot. ONLY BUY AS LAST ITEM IF YOU WANT TO REPLACE BOOTS Serylda's Grudge - used to be good back when the armor pen was scaling with lethality, but nowadays you rarely need it. Axiom Arc - another item that's a waste of slot as there is literally a rune that does exactly the same thing and does not take up an item slot. Solstice Sleigh - not good for you because you're not a tank so getting more damage from bloodsong is preferrable, the cooldown for heal and movespeed is also too high. Voltaic Cyclosword - not necessarily bad, however there are simply better items to choose from and cyclosword's slow is not worth it when you play pyke since you can easily catch up to enemies anyways. Umbral Glaive - used to be core item due to zombie wards and letting you easily deal with wards, however now if enemy is using deep wards it WON'T 1SHOT THE WARD forcing you to hit it at least twice which can cost you your life if you are too greedy. The item cooldown is now 90s instead of 50 which makes it even less useful.
Summoner Spells
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SUMMONER SPELLS
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Ward Placement
Stealth Wards BLUE side
Control Wards BLUE side
Stealth Wards RED side
Control Wards RED side
Green - Best usage of wards, easier to place (due to being near your lane) / more helpful spots | gives your team more info on enemy jungle and anyone inside it, lasts longer with +1
HP due to Deep Ward.Yellow - Don't benefit from
Deep Ward till lvl 9 due to being in river / due to being in a lane / your jungle, but are useful regardless | you should prioritize using Bounty of Worlds on ones marked as green.Red - Don't benefit from
Deep Ward due to being in your jungle or not in jungle at all | will only use those spots either for extra safety (yyour side) or for Teleport & extra vision (enemy side).Magenta - There is only one
Control Ward of that color and that is due to this spot being great only when ocean dragon takes over the rift, causing a brush to spawn inside the dragon pit.
Combos & Tricks
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