Laning against a Pyke that has control of the bushes can be a horrifying thing. One hook from him, and poof, you’re gonna expect a grey screen. Pyke excels so much at surprising enemies with his hail of blades attack speed and burst from his Q + E combo.
He is an assassin, but he is still a great support champion who can babysit most ADCs. He specializes in engaging enemies and threatening them all the time. The music that plays when he enters his invisible state just puts a bad vibe when you play as an ADC. With all that said, let us now take a look at the top 5 best ADCs for Pyke right now!
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1. Draven
Pyke is a champion that doesn’t care about peeling you. He kills enemies fast enough, so they don’t kill you first. This is why Draven is an excellent duo for Pyke. They are both similar and don’t care about safe laning.
All they care about is how to get close to the enemy fast enough so they can immediately kill them. This duo has a solid early game, so much so that enemies choose to back away at the lane and only walk up if they have a supporting gank champion.
Pyke simply is an aggressive initiator that Draven profits from greatly. Pyke can hook enemy champions and burst them with his E and Hail of Blades proc. This alone could bring the enemy ADCs health bar down to half.
All Draven has to do at this point is to make sure he has 2 spinning axes and enough mana to spam his blood rush. Suppose Draven can’t follow up on this quick enough. In that case, he can just simply cast his ultimate to help Pyke deal damage. And he can bring the enemy down to Pyke’s ultimate execution threshold, and he can simply execute them. Pyke’s ult also kills procs Draven’s ult, so there’s that.
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2. Miss Fortune
Champions who don’t need babysitting are the go-to champions when playing with a Pyke support. Miss Fortune excels very well because of her fast movement speed, long-range E slow, and excellent wave clearness.
With this duo, Pyke can go hyper-aggressive in the early game and establish lane dominance. When Pyke manages to start Miss Fortune’s snowball, he can leave and roam other lanes as Miss Fortune can pretty much play a weak lane and still win it.
Their ultimate combo also works really well with each other. Most of the time, enemies manage to get away from MF’s ultimate with just a sliver of health. Pyke can finish them off with his ultimate granting bonus gold for both champions. He can chase runaway champions with his E or W.
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3. Sivir
Again, champions that don’t need peeling work really great with Pyke, and Sivir is one of those champions. She has excellent wave clear, which means enemy laners won’t be able to harass her under the tower. She also has self-peeling abilities that can get her out of a pinch.
She has a spell shield that restores mana and an ultimate that acts like Shurelya’s Blessing. She can also build lethality Items which means she can bring enemies down to half their HP with just her Q. Pyke can finish enemies damaged by Sivir with his full combo. He can be sped up by Sivir so he can chase running enemies better.
4. Caitlyn
Another champion with great wave clear and who can self-peel, but with Caitlyn, let us focus on what they can offer as a duo laner and not Pyke being a roamer. Pyke can Hook stun enemies with ease, and Caitlyn can lay down snares below the affected champion and provide burst so Pyke can finish them off.
They are such lane bullies that they will always bring enemy health bars down to a quarter, forcing them to stay for a risky CS or go home. If they choose to go home, choose the right moment to crash the wave to get the maximum value of the recall trade.
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5. Tristana
A champion who can deal burst damage works perfectly with Pyke. When enemies are quickly brought down to half of their HP, Pyke celebrates as he simply waits for another damage instance. He can easily cast his ult and gain a kill and a bonus gold, even for his teammates.
Tristana with Hail of Blades or PTA can do just that and what’s even satisfying is that Tristana can either rocket jump away from the enemy or push them away with her ult, so she is secured. The trade will be in Tris’s favor. If Tris manages to do this, Pyke can basically cleanup and last hit everyone with his skills.
Final Thoughts
Pyke is an excellent support champion, but he does not support champions in a way. He focuses on kills so enemies can’t kill his ADC. He is a very aggressive laner even in the early game so make sure to pick champions who can go all-in at earlier levels like the champions mentioned above. GLHF on your next game summoner, see you on the rift.
