Opaque-pressure support-assassin build: Pyke wins when the enemy is never certain they have truly secured their position. The build must therefore serve pick threat, map mobility, and enough contextual durability for his entries not to be mere disposable pieces.
Three builds, one right answer per draft. The advisor reads the five enemies (and your allies) and names who triggers what — the same rule as the Draft MVP sheet and Ask Nexus.
Best Pyke build (Support): Bulwark of the Mountain › Duskblade of Draktharr › Youmuu's Ghostblade › Eclipse › Serpent's Fang, boots Boots of Dynamism, keystone Electrocute. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
12,300 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Bruiser build adding survivability without giving up damage.
12,600 total cost +300gAnti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
12,300 total cost
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Zilean
Chempunk Chainsword
Recurring healing
Rell
Edge of Night
Regular shields
Zyra
Maw of Malmortius
Magic damage
Alistar
Death's Dance
Physical damage
Best Pyke build (Mid Lane): Duskblade of Draktharr › Youmuu's Ghostblade › Serpent's Fang › Edge of Night › Eclipse, boots Ionian Boots of Lucidity, keystone Electrocute. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
14,800 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Bruiser build adding survivability without giving up damage.
14,900 total cost +100gAnti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
14,800 total cost
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Vex
Serylda's Grudge
Highly mobile
Vladimir
Chempunk Chainsword
Recurring healing
Heimerdinger
Maw of Malmortius
Magic damage
Akshan
Death's Dance
Physical damage
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Foundational item core, without recent situational additions — kept as a base for understanding the kit. For the up-to-date build, see the section above.
Pyke wins by creating chaos and picks. The build maximizes burst and mobility to engage, kill and escape.
Spectral Sickle
Évolution Sickle, wards + gold for Pyke roamer
Lethality + MS, roam and assassinat with R execute
Shield-break so R execute cleanly secures kills
Boots of Dynamism
Stasis
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Hook-auto-E or E-auto-Q — three hits in a second; the proc adds burst before the R execute.
E (Phantom Undertow) dash triggers penetration during assassinations.
Your R resets on every execute — chained kills pump AD into the next blade.
Your passive lives in unwarded shadows — every cleared enemy ward becomes your vision and your AD.
An HP-capped assassin support — the three blunted hits cover your aggressive entries.
Stasis
Protobelt
Overgrowth
Perseverance
Level 5 changes how enemies must play fights. A low target can no longer simply retreat behind their team: Death From Below threatens the finish and then the reset, especially around the first objective.
