Champion sheet · Support

Pyke

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

12.1%#66 of 173 champions

Pick: 4.1%picked in 750 of 18,319 games
Ban: 8.0%1,381 bans over 17,354 games, against 46.3% in soloQ

Win rate as Support47.0% between 44.0% and 50.1% over 744 gamesSoloQ 49.4%: no clear gap

Median length28.8 minsoloQ 26.4 min

Amateur: 18,182 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 341,014 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.DraftLength
How to play itHail of Blades, then Umbral Glaive, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Edge of Night: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compMap pressure first: more map pressure than 95% of supports.Map pressureDuelist
With / againstBetter than expected against Caitlyn in amateur play: +16.8 pts over 65 games, range above zero.+16.8 pt65 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.9%
SoloQ
2.9%
1.9% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.9% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
8.0%
SoloQ
46.3%
8.0% ban rate in amateur play over 11,485 games, against 46.3% in soloQ over 148,633 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.8 min
SoloQ
26.4 min
Median of 28.8 min in amateur play, against 26.4 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Hail of Blades, then Umbral Glaive, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Edge of Night: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesHail of Blades97% · 19,404

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite91% · 18,219

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 106 games

Core (3 legendaries)18% · 631

18%of soloQ games

Umbral Glaive
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Edge of Night

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Map pressure first: more map pressure than 95% of supports.

Map pressuretop5%6.6 · supports: 4.5
Takes its kills in duelstop5%27% · supports: 17%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other supports

What marks it

Map pressure
Duelist

Like other supports

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Absorbs damage
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

Few teamfights
Carries its own kills
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 49 in lane, 56 in mid game and 49 in late game, out of 100 supports.

2880 vs 288

373+31 vs 342

386-2 vs 388

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Pykesupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 97% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

6.6takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 49 of 100 among supports288 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 56 of 100 among supports373 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 49 of 100 among supports386 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 86 of 100 among supports+399 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 97 of 100 among supports+680 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 95 of 100 among supports6.6 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 48 of 100 among supports380 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 3 of 100 among supports43% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 95 of 100 among supports27% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 19 of 100 among supportsrank 19 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 34 of 100 among supports0.9 · median 1
Team damage · rank 63 of 100 among supports11% · median 9%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Caitlyn in amateur play: +16.8 pts over 65 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

K'Sante59.5% · expected 49.4% · 37 g+10.1 ptSoloQ -1.6

Camille51.6% · expected 44.8% · 31 g+6.8 ptSoloQ +4.5

Malphite51.6% · expected 45.3% · 31 g+6.3 ptSoloQ +1.8

Ornn50.0% · expected 45.1% · 34 g+4.9 ptSoloQ +5.9

Junglegap to expected

Lee Sin61.4% · expected 48.4% · 83 g+13.1 ptSoloQ +0.2

Xin Zhao57.1% · expected 46.7% · 35 g+10.4 ptSoloQ -2.2

Jarvan IV50.0% · expected 48.9% · 42 g+1.1 ptSoloQ +1.8

Midgap to expected

Viktor51.4% · expected 46.6% · 35 g+4.8 ptSoloQ +1.8

Locke51.6% · expected 49.7% · 31 g+1.9 ptSoloQ -0.8

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn61.5% · expected 44.7% · 65 g+16.8 ptSoloQ +1.5

Yunara53.7% · expected 44.9% · 54 g+8.8 ptSoloQ -0.8

Lucian47.8% · expected 47.5% · 46 g+0.3 ptSoloQ -6.6

Supportgap to expected

Seraphine54.8% · expected 45.9% · 42 g+8.9 ptSoloQ -0.8

Lulu52.7% · expected 49.3% · 91 g+3.5 ptSoloQ +0.2

Nautilus54.2% · expected 48.6% · 48 g+5.5 ptSoloQ -2.3

Bard48.8% · expected 45.9% · 43 g+3.0 ptSoloQ +1.5

Rakan50.0% · expected 48.1% · 44 g+1.9 ptSoloQ -2.6

With

Topgap to expected

Dr. Mundo60.6% · expected 45.0% · 33 g+15.6 ptSoloQ +2.1

Aatrox59.4% · expected 47.5% · 32 g+11.9 ptSoloQ +0.4

K'Sante47.6% · expected 44.7% · 42 g+2.9 ptSoloQ -0.8

Sion51.6% · expected 46.8% · 31 g+4.8 ptSoloQ +2.1

Malphite50.0% · expected 48.8% · 32 g+1.2 ptSoloQ +1.2

Junglegap to expected

Wukong63.2% · expected 51.6% · 57 g+11.5 ptSoloQ -2.5

Lee Sin50.6% · expected 45.7% · 87 g+4.9 ptSoloQ 0.0

Sylas50.0% · expected 47.7% · 38 g+2.3 ptSoloQ 0.0

Jarvan IV45.2% · expected 45.2% · 42 g+0.1 ptSoloQ -2.1

Midgap to expected

Orianna52.8% · expected 43.3% · 36 g+9.5 ptSoloQ -1.0

Viktor51.3% · expected 47.4% · 39 g+3.8 ptSoloQ -0.2

Ahri51.0% · expected 49.8% · 49 g+1.3 ptSoloQ +1.2

ADCgap to expected

Kai'Sa51.4% · expected 47.6% · 109 g+3.8 ptSoloQ -0.2

Xayah56.8% · expected 48.7% · 37 g+8.1 ptSoloQ +1.3

Ziggs50.0% · expected 43.7% · 40 g+6.3 ptSoloQ -5.2

Sivir47.5% · expected 47.2% · 40 g+0.3 ptSoloQ +3.0

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