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Pyke Support build & stats

SupportAssassin C 525 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
46.9%
Pick rate
7.0%
Ban rate
17.5%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Start with

Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
46.2% 13 games

Build in this order

Umbral Glaive 1
Umbral Glaive
2,800 gold
Youmuu's Ghostblade 2
Youmuu's Ghostblade
2,800 gold
Voltaic Cyclosword 3
Voltaic Cyclosword
3,000 gold
8,600 gold
80.0% WR 10 games

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
1,250 gold
63.2% 19 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
88.9% WR
9 games · 2% pick
Hail of Blades
Hail of Blades

Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Exhaust Flash
53.3% 45 games

Max order

Bone Skewer Q Phantom Undertow E Ghostwater Dive W
62.5% 8 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Pyke

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Pyke wins 46.9% of games as Support on patch 16.17 (525 games).
  • Most common core: Youmuu's Ghostblade → Umbral Glaive → Edge of Night — 39% win rate over 77 games.
  • Take Hail of Blades as keystone: picked in 91% of games with a 47% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Senna (80% over 10 games). Hardest: Alistar (17% over 12 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Banned in 18% of games — have a backup pick ready.

Items

Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)

Core build

Umbral Glaive 1
Umbral Glaive
Youmuu's Ghostblade 2
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Edge of Night 3
Edge of Night
33.3% WR
3 games · 1% pick

Starting items

Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
46.2% WR
13 games · 2% pick

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
46.2% WR
385 games · 73% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
44.0% WR
84 games · 16% pick
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
47.4% WR
19 games · 4% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
69.6% 4% (23)
69.2% 2% (13)
66.7% 2% (12)
66.7% 2% (9)
66.7% 1% (6)
53.0% 16% (83)
50.5% 54% (281)
50.0% 7% (36)
49.6% 22% (115)
48.6% 7% (37)
44.8% 79% (417)
42.9% 39% (203)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Resolve Resolve
43.1% WR
216 games · 41% pick
Hail of Blades
Hail of Blades

Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Domination Domination + Inspiration Inspiration
44.8% WR
58 games · 11% pick
Hail of Blades Sudden Impact Sixth Sense Treasure Hunter Cosmic Insight Magical Footwear
Domination Domination + Precision Precision
46.7% WR
30 games · 6% pick
Electrocute Sudden Impact Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Coup de Grace Triumph

Keystones

  • Hail of Blades Hail of Blades Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions. 47.3%91% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 44.1%6% pick
  • Glacial Augment Glacial Augment Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies. 33.3%1% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 33.3%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 46.4%91% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 53.3%9% pick
  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 33.3%1% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Bone Skewer Q Phantom Undertow E Ghostwater Dive W 62.5%8 games

Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (50%).

  • PGift of the Drowned Ones

    When Pyke is hidden from enemies, he regenerates damage that he has recently taken from champions. Pyke also cannot gain extra Maximum Health from any source, and instead gains Bonus AD.

  • QBone Skewer

    Pyke either stabs an enemy in front of him or pulls an enemy towards him.

  • WGhostwater Dive

    Pyke enters Camouflage and gains significant Move Speed that decays over time.

  • EPhantom Undertow

    Pyke dashes and leaves behind a phantom that will return to him, stunning enemy champions along its path.

  • RDeath From Below

    Pyke blinks to and executes low health enemies, allowing him to cast this spell again and granting additional gold to an ally who assists.