Pyke

Arena changes

• I: The base health gained from the global Arena Stat Adjustments buff is applied to Pyke's maximum health.
• I: The bonus health gained from Hemomancer's Helm Scarlet Allegiance is special-cased to be attributed to Pyke's maximum health.
• I: The bonus health gained from Twin Mask will be attributed to Pyke's maximum health.2
• I: Base damage stored near one enemy changed to 30%.
• I: Base damage stored near multiple enemies changed to 60%.
• Q: Base damage changed to 120 to 340.
• Q: Cooldown changed to 9 to 7 seconds.
• Q: If Bone Skewer is cast while Ghostcrawlers Wall Walk is active, the ability will get cancelled immediately.
• Q: Bone Skewer will go on cooldown.
• Q: Bone Skewer's cast sound will still be played.
• W: Cooldown changed to 12 to 8 seconds.
• E: Cooldown changed to 13 to 9 seconds.
• E: If Phantom Undertow is cast while Ghostcrawlers Wall Walk is active, Pyke will not dash.
• E: He will still leave behind a Phantom, however.
• R: Damage to enemies above threshold changed to 60%.
• R: Your Cut gold changed to 350.
• R: New Effect: Executing an enemy champion now grants Your Cut to the champion on the team who did not kill them.
• R: Death from Below doesn't benefit from ar.²

• Pyke scales well with lethality.³
• Pyke can be played with Shardblade and lethality.⁴

• Using E followed by W can let Pyke stun from the start of a round.⁵
• Pyke's gold does not prevent a Shardholder run.⁶⁷

• Clothesline can prevent Pyke from entering stealth and stop his passive from healing him; it can also make his W unusable.⁸⁹¹⁰
• Clothesline can leave Pyke unable to gain gray health, with the problem persisting after the augment is removed.¹¹¹²¹³
• Ghostcrawlers can stop Pyke's Phantom Undertow dash instead of allowing it to travel its minimum distance.¹⁴¹⁵
• While Ghostcrawlers is active, Bone Skewer can go on cooldown without performing its stab.¹⁶²

• Since patch 26.12, Pyke's W cooldown is 12–8 seconds.¹⁷
• Pyke's Q can be cancelled immediately while Ghostcrawlers Wall Walk is active, putting Q on cooldown while still playing its cast sound; his E does not dash in this situation but still leaves a Phantom.² Patch unknown

Earlier formats

• Pyke's stun duration scaled with lethality, and his ultimate generated gold.¹⁹ 8x2 duos
• A second Phantom Undertow hitting a target already stunned by the first deals no damage and applies no stun.²⁰²¹ 8x2 duos
• Pyke and Zac can use a stall build.²² 8x2 duos
• Full-lethality Pyke with Hellfire Hatchet and Vulnerability is recommended.²³ 8x2 duos
• More than 200 lethality with a dashing augment can let Pyke stun-lock opponents, limited by the combo-breaker mechanic.²⁴ 8x2 duos