don't greed E and use it for dodging Q. If he grabs you its kinda over since his E cancels yours so just dont waste E randomly. If he grabs your adc most of the times you cant do much unless you are somehow ahead and you can look to kill his adc.
Soraka
most annoying sup to deal with, you cant channel Q if her silence is up, so you must hook from bushes or if she is bad and wastes E. Her ultimate and W counters your R so you need ignite to ult basically. In lane you need to kill her first otherwise she might spam heal her adc and win the 2v2.
Taric
he is hard to kill and outscales you, try to look for short trades and not all-ins when he can spam heal with passive. If the adc matchup is bad, the lane is kinda doomed so look to roam a lot.
Alistar
noob trap, never engage first, only look for short trades Q>3 hob aa, dont E foward or he will just W you into turret. if you channel Q in his face he can Q flash W insec you so be careful and ready with your E
Ashe
in low elo it should be a free kill matchup, at higher elos, if her adc has winning matchup on yours, the lane is doomed, pray that she oversteps and you can punish her mistake. You can giga outroam her and then gank bot with your jungler. If your jungler is pathing bot and their jungler is pathing top its free food.
Amumu
really depends on adc matchup, so you need to play according to it, you can bring him in turret range if you E at last second when he hits Q on you, again if your adc ints there is nothing much you can do unless you are ahead, similar to blitzcrank but safer for you. Always go unflinching.
Bard
easy matchup i would say, his range is too small to harrass you and if you hit q he will need to flash or he dies since he is really squishy until mythic item. you can match his roams so its also a really fun matchup.
Brand
outscales you really hard so you kinda have to get a lead, he is immobile so you should be able to hook him and kill him, look to punish his cooldowns, especially his Q, once he uses it, you can walk up in his face with W and Q-E backwards.
Braum
In lane look for short trades, depending on adc matchup you can kill or not. If you cant, you have roaming potential but make sure to roam on good timers or your adc might get dove.
Bel'Veth
She has 4 dashes xD gl hitting ur stuff
Cassiopeia
she will destroy you in skirmishes with her W ground plus she outscales most midlaners
Camille
Her R can dodge yours plus it will make your life miserable since you cant E out of it
Draven
HIs E cancels your Q channel plus he will outdamage your adc, really hard to deal with unless he oversteps. Ask your jungler for help or just roam.
Gragas
Not really common as support but watch out, his E cancels your stuff (Q channel and E) plus he has big outplay potential with R.
Heimerdinger
Hardest matchup for sure, the only way you can win this lane is if you dont leash and look for lvl 2 all-in or even lvl 1, otherwise the lane will be doomed. I usually ban this guy but in low elo its not very common.
Janna
A really good janna will often beat you, her tiny hitbox plus ms makes her a really hard target to land your skillshots. Thank god most janna players are bad and if you manage to hit Q you can kill her or her adc. Also you can free roam and she cant really dive your adc unless they stack 3+ waves.
Her Q cancels your E and Q windup.
Leona
Right now shes not really good, you just need to not egage first and bait her E out, like amumu, you can bring her into your tower with your E. Ofc this matchup depends on adcs a lot, but if its even matchup, you have slight advantage in lane. Always go unflinching.
Karma
Skill matchup, her ms makes them hard to hook so look to punish E cds.
She wont be really strong out of lane but you wont either.
Lulu
In the past this used to be Pykes harder matchup but because she was giga op. Now its a skill matchup, if you land your stuff you will usually win lane. Her 6 heals so dont randomly ult if she has her ult up.
Lux
Unless she is playing with Cait, should be an easy matchup, especially in low elo where she will randomly try to hit Q and you can just walk up in her face and Q-E backwards.
Maokai
similar as Leona and Amumu, you can win with short trades, if he goes ap his lane will be much weaker since you can heal with passive and hes much more squishy. His W-Flash combo is hard to react so be careful. Always go unflinching.
Morgana
Not as hard as people think, her poke is super mediocre, just dont walk up in her face when she has Q up, play around E cd, if you manage to get her shield cd, look for an all-in and save flash or E to dodge her Q.
Nami
Unless she is paired with Lucian, it should be an easy kill lane, unless you eat every Q she throws.
Against lucian nami you can only cry unless lucian is bad and you hook him (which should be virtually impossible if he's human) so hope that your jungler will help and their jungler is an npc pathing top.
Nautilus
Used to be harder before nerfs. Now i would call this a skill matchup, maybe slightly in naut favour, but you can win if your adc doesent get perma hooked. Look to bait his Q and punish him when its on CD.
Poppy
Another noob bait, her W can cancel your E but if you know Poppy and avoid playing near walls she has really low range and no engage at all. You just need to be patient and dont use E randomly when fighting her.
Pantheon
The champ is just bad and you can beat him in lane if you dont engage first. Ofc you can lose if adc matchup is really bad.
Also its the only champ you will outscale. Always go unflinching and boneplating.
Rakan
The problem with rakan is that he is super safe and you can't kill him while he outscales you. If his adc oversteps and you hook him he cant really do much so that your main lane wincon.
Renata Glasc
Shes pretty weak in lane, so you can kill her 2v2 unless she is paired with Kalista. Play around her W especially post 6. Shes like soraka but not as annoying.
Sona
Easiest matchup i would say she has no tools do deal with you just walking in her face with W and hitting Q, but, she has the best scaling amongside supports so you will need to snowball your lead and look to close the game early.
Seraphine
slightly harder than sona but still pretty free, her E wont interrupt your Q windup or your E so its a free lane.
Doesent scales as hard as sona does but she will still turbo outscale you so again look to close game fast.
Senna
Dont fight level 1. Easy kill lane if you land your stuff.
Swain
Tricky matchup, if hes paired with jhin or something and your adc is a weak early adc, its really hard matchup so look for roams. Dont channel your Q for too long outside bush if his E is up, and look to punish E cd. Post 6 try to bait his R so for example Q him and disengage with E unless you are ahead and you can 100-0 him in his R (bring ignite).
If he wins lane he can really carry their team.
Thresh
Used to be in thresh favour before nerfs, now its one of the most pure botlane skill matchups imo.
Twitch
If you hit Q he will die. You can follow and match his roams. I put this in minor tier because usually they have better movement than enchanter players to dodge your stuff.
Vel'Koz
Like xerath but harder since his knockup can cancel your stuff, but again if you hook him you win.
Xerath
Skill matchup since he is xerath but in your favour, you can dodge his stuff with W ms and E and you shouldn't have problems reaching him so i would say the matchup is in your favour. As every mage, look to punish wasted cds.
Yasuo
Windwall cancels your Q and E plus he has infinite dashes. Really annoying to deal with.
Yuumi
Matchup is just coinflip and depends on how good her adc is. If its stuff like Sivir Yuumi and the Sivir is good, you cant play botlane so look to win the game somewhere else.
Zyra
a good Zyra is super rare but, if you find one, she can block your Q with her plants. Look to Q from out of vision so she cant react, if you hit Q you win.
Zilean
Zilean is really painful to deal with especially if his adc is good at dodging and not inting early, his R is so strong and the ms is really hard to deal with. If you hit Q you can win but it might be pretty hard.
Aphelios
just bad in soloq in general
Ashe
really strong post 6 for the pick setup
Caitlyn
cait really wants someone that can siege and harrass with her but she does good damage early so you can work
Draven
he can get like 2 items ahead in 15 mins sometimes, you offer little to no peal after lane so he needs to be really good and dont greed stupid plays
Ezreal
ezreal is good since you can roam with more freedom, not really good for 2v2 ofc
Jhin
good setup, but careful that he wont have dps so you need to either burst your opponent or they might out dps you.
Jinx
weak in lane and you cant peel her in late, one of the worst adc to play pyke with
Kai'Sa
not as good as Draven in lane, but if you can make her fed, she will 1v9 since she has self peel and can melt tanks.
Kalista
you can really stomp lanes since your damage early is insane, also good post 6 since she can save you from any threat with R. But she scales really bad so you will need to close the game fast which is not always possible if someone else on the other team is fed.
Karthus
Same as seraphine but more damage oriented, also has good damage early and likes to get solo exp.
Kog'Maw
slightly better than jinx in terms of early damage but same issue as her in late game
Lucian
strong laner and has self peel, same issue as kalista tho.
Miss Fortune
does good damage in lane but shes immobile and you cant peel her
Nilah
really solid duo since your passive also heals her a bit, the exp passive is giga op and you can get some early lvl 6 spikes into a double kill with ult, ofc she suffers early due to short range but if you manage to hook a good target she has good damage plus her w makes you invulnerable to autos. Late game she doesent need peel so its perfect.
Seraphine
she can 1v2 botlane and scales super well, look to roam, she will be happy to get solo exp since she can clear waves super fast, after 6 you can look to kill even 2v2
Sivir
shes pretty bad after nerfs but she can 1v2 so you can roam.
Samira
really solid 2v2, she really relies on you being good and hitting hooks, also she kinda needs to win lane since her scaling is not the best if she is behind or even.
Taliyah
Talyah botlane is kinda dead but its a cheese pick that can really take opponents out of guard. Post 6 you can roam together for a super fast snowball.
Xayah
I might put her in ideal tier in the future, really solid duo into engage botlane, has self peel with R and really solid damage.
Zeri
Low damage early but has some self peel
Twitch
You cant peel him late but he can snowball the game with an early lead by roaming together
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Aphelios
just bad in soloq in general
Ashe
really strong post 6 for the pick setup
Caitlyn
cait really wants someone that can siege and harrass with her but she does good damage early so you can work
Draven
he can get like 2 items ahead in 15 mins sometimes, you offer little to no peal after lane so he needs to be really good and dont greed stupid plays
Ezreal
ezreal is good since you can roam with more freedom, not really good for 2v2 ofc
Jhin
good setup, but careful that he wont have dps so you need to either burst your opponent or they might out dps you.
Jinx
weak in lane and you cant peel her in late, one of the worst adc to play pyke with
Kai'Sa
not as good as Draven in lane, but if you can make her fed, she will 1v9 since she has self peel and can melt tanks.
Kalista
you can really stomp lanes since your damage early is insane, also good post 6 since she can save you from any threat with R. But she scales really bad so you will need to close the game fast which is not always possible if someone else on the other team is fed.
Karthus
Same as seraphine but more damage oriented, also has good damage early and likes to get solo exp.
Kog'Maw
slightly better than jinx in terms of early damage but same issue as her in late game
Lucian
strong laner and has self peel, same issue as kalista tho.
Miss Fortune
does good damage in lane but shes immobile and you cant peel her
Nilah
really solid duo since your passive also heals her a bit, the exp passive is giga op and you can get some early lvl 6 spikes into a double kill with ult, ofc she suffers early due to short range but if you manage to hook a good target she has good damage plus her w makes you invulnerable to autos. Late game she doesent need peel so its perfect.
Seraphine
she can 1v2 botlane and scales super well, look to roam, she will be happy to get solo exp since she can clear waves super fast, after 6 you can look to kill even 2v2
Sivir
shes pretty bad after nerfs but she can 1v2 so you can roam.
Samira
really solid 2v2, she really relies on you being good and hitting hooks, also she kinda needs to win lane since her scaling is not the best if she is behind or even.
Taliyah
Talyah botlane is kinda dead but its a cheese pick that can really take opponents out of guard. Post 6 you can roam together for a super fast snowball.
Xayah
I might put her in ideal tier in the future, really solid duo into engage botlane, has self peel with R and really solid damage.
Zeri
Low damage early but has some self peel
Twitch
You cant peel him late but he can snowball the game with an early lead by roaming together
Hello, my name is Mellor and i am an amatour league coach, both individual and semi-competitive. I got D2 Euw in season 12 without playing too many games since i don't really enjoy soloq atm. Pyke has always been my main and my favourite champion and i decided to share some of my personal knowledge, including a spicy runepage you might wanna try. I would say THIS IS NOT A GUIDE FOR BEGINNER PYKE PLAYERS, but you might find useful infos in the matchups part.
Mellor's Pyke Support Guide [13.1]
Build Guide By mellorwastaken
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