Pyke·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Pyke Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Hail of Blades as your keystone, followed by Cheap Shot, Sixth Sense and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Bone Plating and Unflinching in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Celestial Opposition as your first item, followed by Symbiotic Soles and Umbral Glaive. For your last 3 items, you should build Edge of Night, Youmuu's Ghostblade and finish with Vigilant Wardstone. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 50.1% winrate over 20 830 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Pyke Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Hail of Blades as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Sixth Sense and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Unflinching in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Bloodsong, which you should build first, followed by Symbiotic Soles as your second item and Umbral Glaive as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night and Vigilant Wardstone. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 49.4% win rate over 20 467 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Hail of Blades as your keystone, Cheap Shot, Sixth Sense and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Unflinching in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Solstice Sleigh as your first item, then Symbiotic Soles as a second item and Umbral Glaive as a third item. You want to finish the build with Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night and Opportunity. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 46.2% win rate across 2 376 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Pyke Support build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Coup de Grace with Triumph as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Bloodsong as your first item, then finish Symbiotic Soles as your second item, and Umbral Glaive as third item. The last 3 options are Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night and Axiom Arc. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 43.0% win rate over 804 matches played.

Situational Pyke Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Pyke build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.