Champion sheet · Support

Pyke

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

8.4%#85 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.0%picked in 151 of 7,565 games
Ban: 6.4%230 bans over 3,601 games, against 35.0% in soloQ

Win rate as Support61.5% between 54.8% and 67.8% over 148 gamesSoloQ 49.6%: clear gap

Median length28.6 minsoloQ 27.8 min

Amateur: 7,565 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 385,041 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.Win rateDraft
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 / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

Win rateWins more in amateur play
Amateur
61.5%
SoloQ
49.6%
61.5% win rate in amateur play over 148 games, against 49.6% in soloQ over 21,120 games.
DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.9%
SoloQ
2.7%
0.9% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
7.1%
SoloQ
35.0%
7.1% ban rate in amateur play over 2,305 games, against 35.0% in soloQ over 183,139 games.

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 Blades95% · 20,100

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite93% · 19,716

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 32 games

Core (3 legendaries)13% · 776

13%of soloQ games

Umbral Glaive
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Edge of Night

Amateur: Umbral Glaive, Edge of Night, Youmuu's Ghostblade (20%), gap not settled

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?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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.