ARAM

Pyke ARAM Build 26.22

Pyke exists to close out the Abyss brawl: with all five enemies packed onto one bridge and health bars sliding, Death from Below snaps onto a killable target and pays your whole team in gold for the reset. Hook someone off the choke with Bone Skewer, and his gray-health passive lets him claw back a slice of the punishment he soaks in the no-recall grind.

#119 of 162 champions this patch · 159 games

Win rate46.5%−0.9Games159Pick rate6.4%Last 8 patches−6.0 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 0%AD 76%True 24%DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays

The 10-second answer standard · 46.5% WR

Ionian Boots of Lucidity SkillsQ›E›W Runes

Shards

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ARAM BalanceDamage dealt+10%Damage taken-10%Tenacity+20%Details ↓

Pyke Item Build

A no-recall attrition mode normally rewards defensive stats, but Pyke cannot buy a single point of health, so the Abyss forces his gold entirely into lethality and attack damage. His only patch for the poke he soaks is the gray health his passive regenerates while hidden, which means the build has to make each pick lethal enough that his fragility on one crowded bridge earns its keep.

Standard loadout · Pyke The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 1400g

Boots×1

Health Potion×2

Serrated Dirk×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity56% · 51.4%

Mercury's Treads44% · 43.1%

Situational items

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.M

Maw of Malmortius1747.1%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.D

Death's Dance2552.0%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.V

Voltaic Cyclosword3560.0%Y

Youmuu's Ghostblade5251.9%E

Edge of Night8645.3%

Best Pyke Runes

Dark Harvest suits the way Pyke stalks the clumped fight, slipping in with Ghostwater Dive to line up a Phantom Undertow stun on the group caught on the choke. He is hunting a single body out of position rather than a stand-up brawl, so the page supports the burst and the pick timing that let him dart into the pile and slip back out.

The pre-game page Dark Harvest · Domination + Precision · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Domination Primary

Dark HarvestDamaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Sudden Impact75% · 45.4%

Grisly Mementos96% · 45.1%

Ultimate Hunter93% · 46.6%

Keystone plus three minors from Domination, two from Precision, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Precision Secondary

Coup de Grace75% · 42.9%

Presence of Mind44% · 47.1%

Stat shards Offense

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +18Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Stack toward Hubris into Axiom Arc and hunt for the pick that swings the bridge fight. Pyke thrives in a clumped 5v5, hooking a squishy with Bone Skewer, blinking in on Death From Below for the execute, and resetting to hit the next low body while the whole team is packed together. Rush the lethality that lets one hook cascade into a wipe.

Pyke Skill Order

Ghostwater Dive sees no second rank until level 14, a cost that lands lightly in a mode with no flanks to disappear into. Bone Skewer and Phantom Undertow soak everything else, and 110 percent damage dealt against 90 percent damage taken on the Abyss rewards pressing that hook harder.

Skill order · Pyke R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›E

E›W

WMax Q first; E at level 3.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W214151718max 18

E38101213max 13

R61116max 16

Prioritize Q to sharpen Bone Skewer, the harpoon that yanks a target out of the enemy clump on the bridge, then E, then W. The pull is his whole setup, so pair it with Phantom Undertow to stun the group and hold Death From Below as the execute that resets across a packed team the moment someone drops low.

Pyke ARAM Abilities

Gift of the Drowned Ones is the survival trick behind the roams, quietly healing back the champion damage he took the moment he slips out of vision. Phantom Undertow is his stun, a dash that drops a phantom, then reels it back to lock down anyone in its path.

Abilities on the Abyss · Pykepatch 26.22 · Abyss-tuned numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Gift of the Drowned OnesPassiveP

Bone SkewerMax 1stQ

Ghostwater DiveMax lastW

Phantom UndertowMax 2ndE

Death From BelowUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Bone SkewerPhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+55 per rank+75% bonus ADlv 1110100lv 4165150lv 5220200lv 7275250lv 9330300Cost+5 per ranklv 170lv 475lv 580lv 785lv 990Cooldown-0.5 per ranklv 110slv 49.5slv 59slv 78.5slv 98s

Abyss changeloghow the Abyss re-balances Pyke: entries touching the selected ability light upDamage dealt+10%champion tuningDamage taken−10%champion tuningTenacity+20%champion tuning

Pyke Base Stats

Base stats · PykePatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD62+2AS0.667+2.5%MS330Range150HP670+110HP57+0.5Armor37+4.7MR32+2.05MP415+50MP58+1

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