Hello and Welcome to the Pyke guide!

Personally, I have been trying to find a good Pyke Build for a long time, and I feel like I'm on the right track. This is far from the finished, polished build, but I want people to have fun as much as I do. Pyke's Passive tells us that his abilities scale with Lethality. But even if you go full lethality, the differences are little to none with this build. I focus more on movement speed and durability. A normal Pyke would get squished in late like a bug if he's not a movement or dodge god, but this build will let you survive more in the late game. I felt that I keep getting one-shotted by almost anyone, since Pyke cannot get Health from any item. It may be due to my Pyke skills, but I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking like this. Maining champions like Thresh and Bard taught me that while you might not have a lot of HP, you need resistances in order to survive fights and make a difference in teamfights with your utilities. This is why I have invented a build that lets you still do damage and run fast, ward to risky places with room to run, but also have some resitances so that you are able to last longer in teamfights.

This build is rather atypical. Most Pyke players strive for a more "Lethal" build, going with Hail of Blades. Personally, HoB restricts you from playing fully as a support. While he is marked as an Assassin, people tend to look over the fact that he is an Assassin SUPPORT. So, I have come up with a build to help people like me, who want something interesting and new to the scene.

I will explain the reasoning behind my Runes. Glacial is a solid pick because of his cc potential. Q and E work great with it, for situations like getting away or engaging a teamfight with a nasty hook or Stun. The build focuses more on vision, in the sense that an Assassin works in the shadows, knowing what happens in every part of the map where the fight starts. Also, you can place very deep wards in the enemy jungle in the early, helping your allies path and take advantage of the knowledge they gained over the enemy.

Alright. With that out of the way, we go into more detail with my Rune choices.

Glacial Augument

- slow and overall a great rune tree (Inspiration)

Hextech Flashtraption - this is, by far, my favorite thing in LoL. It's amazing for the niche techniques that is able to make for you. You can HexFlash over walls, spending less time instead of covering a whole area. Also, you can do the HexFlash trick mentioned in the Items section, where you can HexFlash from a bush to another, so you create confusion for the enemy team, allowing you to get a pick or even a kill.

Biscuit Delivery - it's amazing how many people do not know about Pyke's Passive. Biscuit, in itself, is a very good choice. It gives good health regen and 30 Max HP. Because of this, HP is translated to damage, so you get 2 AD per biscuit. This might not seem like a lot, I know, but every bit of damage is welcomed.

Approach Velocity - you get bonus MS when you Stun with E, or Slow with either a short Q, or a Hook. In that sense, I believe that this is a good choice for Pyke.

Domination:

Cheap Shot - I was really contempt when choosing either Cheap Shot or Sudden Impact. I think it's really down to personal prefference.

Relentless Hunter - I like it because it gives more MS when you need to run to ward. If you feel like you're too behind when playing with this build, consider going Treasure Hunter. That way, you get more Gold and are ahead in items compared to your opposing Support.

Attack Speed - you might be questioning this, and you are right to think so. This is down to personal prefference. You don't have the HoB passive anymore and are a little slow. So, to combat this a little, I wanted a little more Attack Speed. If that does not bother you, consider going Adaptive Force, for more AD.

Move Speed - this is so that you are faster than your usual in the Early Game. You might be faster than your opposing Support, meaning you can get a pick on him at level 1, burning a Flash or even getting a Kill.

Health Scaling - last time I did this guide, I picked Tenacity and Slow Resist. This is really situational depending on the matchup. If you're fighting against a team with High CC, don't get more Damage, get Tenacity. Generally, Health Scaling is better, because you get scaling AD.

If you reached this far, I really thank you for reading. I have been making this build for a long time, about 2 years, so it means a lot to me. If you have any other suggestions, I'm more than willing to hear you out, so please don't be shy to leave a comment. Have a great day, evening, or night, however this guide may reach you. I wish you all the best and have fun playing :)