Braum

[ Good ban ] Braum has great peel for his carry. His bonus resistances on W gives the enemy ADC a pretty good chance on surviving your engage, combining his jump with his E, he basically turns into a wall. Not to mention his CC.

Counter: Play around his high CDs and mana costs on early game. Late game, you'll need to find a very good opening, where he doesn't have his R or E.

Alistar

Alistar is a big threat. He can nullify your entire kit, has great disengage potential and if you pull him, he can combo your adc to turn the fight around.

Counter: Play around his high CDs and mana costs on early game. Late game, try to engage his backline after he engages your team.

Taric

Taric is a decent fighter on the early game, which makes Pyke less of a threat on lane. Similar to Alistar, he can combo off of your Q, essentially helping him. His peel and AoE invulnerability can neutralize any engage tries on teamfights.

Counter: On lane, try to separate his carry from him and bait out his E before engaging. Late game, try to make picks instead of fighting 5v5, so his ult isn't as efficient.

Thresh

[ Good ban ] A good Thresh is a nightmare. He stacks armor pretty quickly, so you can't kill him. His desengaging potential with his E (Which displaces your E and cancels your Q) and infinite CC can nullify Pyke pretty well.

Counter: Try to capitalize on his level 1, where he can't have both of his CC tools, abuse bushes so he can't see where you are engaging from. Late game, try to circumvent his vision, in a way that you can access his backline before he sees you.

Shaco

[ Ban out of spite ] I have PTSD just remembering going against a good support Shaco. He can deny your hooks and your entire engage with good box placement. His Q makes him essentially unkillable on lane and his ult can tank for your Q once again. Maybe I'm biased, but this is true nightmare fuel match-up.

Counter: Try to punish his ADC because Shaco don't have that much peeling potential. Be careful on late teamfights to not execute his clone so that he doesn't explode dealing massive damage.

Sylas

While I do not see THAT many support Sylas, it can still happen. Generally, Sylas has a great dueling potential early game, denying your agression early-on and most importantly, he can steal your most valuable asset: Your R.

Counter: Try staying out of sight from Sylas before a fight so that he don't take your ulti and mess up the entire fight. Go only when the fight starts or the Sylas doesn't have his own ulti.

Poppy

Like Sylas, support Poppy isn't very popular, but if you happen to go against it, note that her W cancel your E and provides her a nice amount of tankiness when low. Her early dueling potential is surprisingly good, so don't be a fool.

Counter: Use your E more defensively on lane, if you use it to engage, she can just cancel it and you are just a sitting duck. On teamfights, take care to not be canceled and try not to be hit with her R.

Zilean

[ Good Ban] Zilean is a noteable threat. His R obviously counters your ulti; his point-and-click MS buff makes your kit entirely dodgeable and his stun can kill you in the right scenario.

Counter: Abuse Zilean pre-6 and take notes when he has his ulti, so that you don't waste yours.

Elise

I haven't played that much against Elise, but her early burst with thunderlord is something to be reckoned and her stun can be annoying.

Counter: Just dodge her stun before going in or you're dead. Take care of your ADC if she tries to jump on them.

Lulu

[ Good Ban ] Even tho, she is just a enchanter, she is THE enchanter. Lulu's polymorph can make you die instantly if you go too soon on a fight, her last second ulti can deny your ulti and her peel is unmatched.

Counter: Take note of her vital CDs, noteably her polymorph and ulti. Try to kill her when out of position, so she can't mess up a fight.

Morgana

[ Good Ban ] Morgana is the typical CC denying support, so it's natural that she's one of Pyke's problems. Her CC chain can kill you if you don't build any tenacity, but almost all of her counter's to Pyke center around her shield.

Counter: Play around her shield. One thing you can do is baiting the target that you're aiming for, for example: When laning, if she is by her carry's side, hold your Q and wait for her to panic use her shield on her or the ADC and aim for the unshielded target.

Nautilus

[ Good Ban ] I can understand if you have a bad time against Nautilus: Two point-and-click CC and a hook. Personally I don't have that much of a bad time, I usually try to abuse his pre-6, which isn't the best. Pretty much a skill matchup on the laning phase. The real problem is on late game.

Counter: Abuse his early stages of the game where he isnt tanky enough and don't have his ulti. One cheese strategy I usually do against Nautilus is: I stay in front of a wall instead of my minions and when he throw his Q, I dodge with my E so that when he gets pulled to the wall, he gets stunned, that can lead to a kill. On late teamfights, wait for him to waste his CDs, or you are dead when it's time for your engage.

Renata Glasc

Basically a Zilean, but a little less annoying. The only thing that she can do to counter you is nullifying your reset.

Counter: Wait for her W to wear out and take note of it's long CD.

Blitzcrank

I think there's a entire season that I don't play against this champ. Blitz's CC is very threatening, if you get hit by Q -> E -> R, you are pretty much dead on some states of the game. Skill matchup.

Counter: Abuse your mobility to make him waste his Q, but be careful when you know that he is a good Blitz player.

Soraka

Despite being a enchanter, her heals are really annoying if your dumb allies don't buy anti-heal. Her E can't be deadly too, canceling your Q.

Counter: Abuse the first to second level, where she doesn't have her E yet and try to build anti-heal if your adc don't do it. Try to kill her out of position before teamfights if possible.

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