Support Matchup

Pyke vs Swain

Patch: 15.15 (25.15)
League: Platinum+
Pyke

Pyke

the Bloodharbor Ripper
Support
Pyke Support Overall Win Rate
48.83%

Matchup Win Rate

47.0%
Pyke vs Swain Wins
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53.0%
Swain vs Pyke Wins
Swain

Swain

the Noxian Grand General
Support
Swain Support Overall Win Rate
47.97%

Pyke vs Swain - Support Matchup Guide Patch 15.15 (25.15)

Pyke Support vs Swain Support - Who is stronger?

Pyke Support has trouble against Swain (47.0% win rate) based on 625 games. This is a tough matchup for Pyke players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Pyke Support vs Swain Support in patch 15.15 (25.15), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 74.3% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Pyke dominates the meta (9th most popular, 6.4% pick rate) and regularly clashes with Swain (2.6% pick rate). Understanding this common matchup forms the foundation of consistent gameplay for one of support's current powerhouses. Surprising upset: Despite Pyke's higher tier rating, Swain wins 53.0% of encounters. This suggests Swain's kit specifically counters Pyke's playstyle, overriding general meta strength - approach this matchup with extra caution. Every edge matters: In this tough matchup, the proven Hail of Blades + Sudden Impact combination (52.8% win rate) plus optimal itemization Umbral Glaive, Voltaic Cyclosword, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Symbiotic Soles boosts your chances from 47.0% to 74.3% - potentially game-changing.

Vision advantage: Despite losing the direct matchup, Pyke's superior warding (0.96 wards/min, 9th among supports) can swing team fights and objectives in your favor. Outclassed across the board: Swain leads in both matchup win rate (53.0%) and damage (647 vs 412/min). Pyke must seek alternative win conditions through macro play and team coordination. Complete dominance by Swain: leads in both matchup win rate (53.0%) and KDA (2.30 vs 2.20, 35th vs 40th place). Pyke players need exceptional preparation to overcome this counter-pick.

Pyke vs Swain - Support Stats Comparison

Pyke Support
Pyke Support		Versus
Swain Support
Swain Support
B+TierD
47.0%Matchup Winrate53.0%
48.83%Role Winrate47.97%
#36Winrate Rank#46
6.4%Pickrate2.6%
2.2Average KDA2.3
361Gold per Minute328
0.96Wards per Minute0.75
412Damage per Minute647

How to Beat Swain as Pyke (Support)

Difficult matchup requiring deep understanding of game mechanics and flawless execution. Patience and proper macro play are the keys to victory in this confrontation.

Except for rare builds, Pyke deals physical damage. Focus on eliminating enemy carries. Meanwhile, Swain deals primarily magic damage (85.07%), additional magic resistance may be required.

An important advantage of Pyke is superior vision control (ranked 9th among supports) (versus 48th for Swain), which provides better map control and safety for the team in important map areas. Meanwhile, their higher KDA (2.3 versus 2.2) suggests they participate more effectively in team fights.

Key aspects of the Pyke Support versus Swain Support matchup

In this difficult confrontation, it is critically important for the Pyke player to avoid attempts to force trades and all-ins with the Swain player, as the matchup requires a patient and calculated approach. Extended trades without clear tactical advantage often lead to unfavorable consequences, and ignoring opportunities to receive team support can be a fatal mistake for game progression.

Pyke vs Swain: Support Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Ignite Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
49.2% Win Rate91.9% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Heal Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
66.0% Win Rate1.3% Pick Rate

Pyke vs Swain: Support Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Domination
Hail of Blades
Hail of Blades Gain 140% (80% for ranged champions) Attack Speed when you attack an enemy champion for up to 3 attacks.

No more than 3s can elapse between attacks or this effect will end.

Cooldown: 10s.

Attack resets increase the attack limit by 1.
Allows you to temporarily exceed the attack speed limit.

Hail of Blades

Gain 140% (80% for ranged champions) Attack Speed when you attack an enemy champion for u…

Cheap Shot
Cheap Shot Damaging champions with impaired movement or actions deals 10 - 45 bonus true damage (based on level).

Cooldown: 4s
Activates on damage occurring after the impairment.

Cheap Shot

Damaging champions with impaired movement or actions deals 10 - 45 bonus true d…

Sixth Sense
Sixth Sense Automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the team.

Level 11: Also reveal the ward for 10s.

This effect has a 250 second Cooldown.

Sixth Sense

Automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the tea…

Ultimate Hunter
Ultimate Hunter Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Ultimate Hunter

Your ultimate gains 6 Ability Haste, plus an additional 5 Ability Haste per Bou…

Secondary Path
Resolve
Bone Plating
Bone Plating After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s

Bone Plating

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

Unflinching
Unflinching Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and for 2 seconds after.

Unflinching

Gain 6 - 12 (level scaling) Armor and Magic Resist when crowd controlled and fo…

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

51.1% Win Rate67.3% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Domination
Hail of Blades
Hail of Blades Gain 140% (80% for ranged champions) Attack Speed when you attack an enemy champion for up to 3 attacks.

No more than 3s can elapse between attacks or this effect will end.

Cooldown: 10s.

Attack resets increase the attack limit by 1.
Allows you to temporarily exceed the attack speed limit.

Hail of Blades

Gain 140% (80% for ranged champions) Attack Speed when you attack an enemy champion for u…

Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal a bonus 20 - 80 True Damage based on level to enemy champions after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when leaving stealth for 4s.

Cooldown: 10s

Sudden Impact

Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal a bonus 20 - 80 True Damage based on …

Sixth Sense
Sixth Sense Automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the team.

Level 11: Also reveal the ward for 10s.

This effect has a 250 second Cooldown.

Sixth Sense

Automatically sense a nearby untracked and unseen ward, tracking it for the tea…

Treasure Hunter
Treasure Hunter Gain an additional 50 gold the next time you collect a Bounty Hunter stack. Increase the gold gained by 20 gold for each Bounty Hunter stack, up to 130 gold.

Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Treasure Hunter

Gain an additional 50 gold the next time you collect a Bounty Hunter stack. Inc…

Secondary Path
Inspiration
Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots before then. For each takedown you acquire the boots 45s sooner.

Slightly Magical Footwear grants you an additional 10 Move Speed.

Magical Footwear

You get free Slightly Magical Footwear at 12 min, but you cannot buy boots befo…

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight +18 Summoner Spell Haste
+10 Item Haste

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

52.8% Win Rate13.8% Pick Rate

Pyke vs Swain: Support Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
World Atlas
World Atlas (400 gold)
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
45.6% Win Rate59.4% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Symbiotic Soles
Symbiotic Soles (900 gold) 40 Move Speed
Voidborn
Gain Empowered Recall.
Symbiosis
After traveling 150000 units of distance, transform into Synchronized Souls.
49.5% Win Rate60.1% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
56.3% Win Rate21.6% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
45.5% Win Rate8.6% Pick Rate
Core Build
Serrated Dirk
Serrated Dirk (1000 gold) 20 Attack Damage
10 Lethality
->
Umbral Glaive
Umbral Glaive (2500 gold) 55 Attack Damage
15 Lethality
10 Ability Haste
Blackout
When you are near enemy Stealth Wards and traps, reveal them for 8 seconds.
Extinguish
Attacks do bonus damage to Wards.
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Youmuu's Ghostblade (2800 gold) 55 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
4% Move Speed
Haunt
Gain Move Speed while out of combat.
Wraith Step
Gain Move Speed and Ghosting for seconds.
Edge of Night
Edge of Night (3000 gold) 50 Attack Damage
15 Lethality
250 Health
Annul
Grants a Spell Shield that blocks the next enemy Ability.
58.1% Win Rate21.5% Pick Rate
Final Build
Guardian Angel
Guardian Angel (3200 gold) 55 Attack Damage
45 Armor
Rebirth
Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% base Health and 100% max Mana after 4 seconds of Stasis.
65.9% Win Rate24.9% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Boots
Boots (300 gold) 25 Move Speed
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
67.2% Win Rate1.0% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
56.3% Win Rate21.6% Pick Rate
Symbiotic Soles
Symbiotic Soles (900 gold) 40 Move Speed
Voidborn
Gain Empowered Recall.
Symbiosis
After traveling 150000 units of distance, transform into Synchronized Souls.
49.5% Win Rate60.1% Pick Rate
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed
Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
45.5% Win Rate8.6% Pick Rate
Core Build
Serrated Dirk
Serrated Dirk (1000 gold) 20 Attack Damage
10 Lethality
->
Umbral Glaive
Umbral Glaive (2500 gold) 55 Attack Damage
15 Lethality
10 Ability Haste
Blackout
When you are near enemy Stealth Wards and traps, reveal them for 8 seconds.
Extinguish
Attacks do bonus damage to Wards.
Voltaic Cyclosword
Voltaic Cyclosword (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
10 Ability Haste
Galvanize
Dashes and Stealth stack Energized 75% faster.
Firmament
Your Energized Attack deals bonus physical damage and Slows for 0.75 seconds.
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Youmuu's Ghostblade (2800 gold) 55 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
4% Move Speed
Haunt
Gain Move Speed while out of combat.
Wraith Step
Gain Move Speed and Ghosting for seconds.
74.3% Win Rate2.1% Pick Rate
Final Build
Profane Hydra
Profane Hydra (3200 gold) 60 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
10 Ability Haste
Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.
Heretical Cleave
Deal physical damage around you.
100.0% Win Rate8.2% Pick Rate
Other Items
Opportunity
Opportunity (2700 gold) 55 Attack Damage
15 Lethality
Preparation
After being out of combat with Champions for 8 seconds gain Lethality. This Lethality lasts for 3 seconds after dealing damage to champions.
Extraction
When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, gain 200 decaying Move Speed for 1.5 seconds.
0.0% Win Rate16.4% Pick Rate
Thornmail
Thornmail (2450 gold) 150 Health
75 Armor
Thorns
When struck by an Attack, deal magic damage to the attacker and apply 40% Wounds for 3 seconds if they are a champion.
0.0% Win Rate8.3% Pick Rate
Maw of Malmortius
Maw of Malmortius (3100 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
40 Magic Resist
Lifeline
Taking magic damage that would reduce your Health below 30% grants a magic damage Shield for 3 seconds and 10% Omnivamp until end of combat.
100.0% Win Rate8.3% Pick Rate
Hubris
Hubris (3000 gold) 60 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
10 Ability Haste
Eminence
When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, gain 15 Attack Damage plus 2 per champion killed for 90 seconds.
0.0% Win Rate8.3% Pick Rate
Voltaic Cyclosword
Voltaic Cyclosword (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
10 Ability Haste
Galvanize
Dashes and Stealth stack Energized 75% faster.
Firmament
Your Energized Attack deals bonus physical damage and Slows for 0.75 seconds.
0.0% Win Rate8.3% Pick Rate
Profane Hydra
Profane Hydra (3200 gold) 60 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
10 Ability Haste
Cleave
Attacks deal physical damage to nearby enemies.
Heretical Cleave
Deal physical damage around you.
100.0% Win Rate8.2% Pick Rate

Pyke vs Swain: Support Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Bone Skewer Pyke either stabs an enemy in front of him or pulls an enemy towards him.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
Ghostwater Dive Pyke enters Camouflage and gains significant Move Speed that decays over time.
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
Phantom Undertow Pyke dashes and leaves behind a phantom that will return to him, stunning enemy champions along its path.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
Death From Below Pyke blinks to and executes low health enemies, allowing him to cast this spell again and granting additional gold to an ally who assists.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > E > W
46.4% Win Rate81.1% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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Q
Bone Skewer Pyke either stabs an enemy in front of him or pulls an enemy towards him.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
R
W
Ghostwater Dive Pyke enters Camouflage and gains significant Move Speed that decays over time.
W
W
W
W
W
R
E
Phantom Undertow Pyke dashes and leaves behind a phantom that will return to him, stunning enemy champions along its path.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
Death From Below Pyke blinks to and executes low health enemies, allowing him to cast this spell again and granting additional gold to an ally who assists.
R
R
R
Max Order: Q > W > E
90.4% Win Rate0.8% Pick Rate

Pyke tips:

  • Pyke is very fragile so don't be afraid to temporarily run from a fight. You can regenerate a significant amount of health from Gift of the Drowned Ones when enemies can't see you.
  • Hitting an enemy with the Hold version of Bone Skewer will always pull them the same distance. Use it in melee range to throw targets behind you.
  • The Tap version of Bone Skewer is much faster and deals additional damage.
  • A lot of your agressive spells are also your escapes. Make sure you always have a plan to get out of the fight.

Playing Against Swain

  • Swain's passive is very potent if you are immobilized. Make sure to be extra careful around enemies who have immobilizing effects.
  • High mobility counters all of Swain's basic abilities: Death's Hand does more damage the closer he is, Vision of Empire has a very long delay and Nevermove must start returning back to him to be dangerous.
  • Buying an item with Grievous Wounds will make Swain much easier to kill during his Demonic Ascension.

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+3.1%
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+2.7%
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+2.6%
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+2.3%
Yuumi

Pyke vs Yuumi

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+1.4%
Xerath

Pyke vs Xerath

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+1.4%
Braum

Pyke vs Braum

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+1.3%
Zilean

Pyke vs Zilean

Pyke
+1.1%
Bard

Pyke vs Bard

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+0.6%
Poppy

Pyke vs Poppy

Pyke
-1.0%
Morgana

Pyke vs Morgana

Pyke
-1.0%
Vel'Koz

Pyke vs Vel'Koz

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-1.0%
Soraka

Pyke vs Soraka

Pyke
-1.1%
Brand

Pyke vs Brand

Pyke
-1.2%
Leona

Pyke vs Leona

Pyke
-1.2%
Karma

Pyke vs Karma

Pyke
-1.2%
Tahm Kench

Pyke vs Tahm Kench

Pyke
-1.3%
Janna

Pyke vs Janna

Pyke
-1.5%
Seraphine

Pyke vs Seraphine

Pyke
-1.6%
Fiddlesticks

Pyke vs Fiddlesticks

Pyke
-1.6%
Nami

Pyke vs Nami

Pyke
-1.7%
Rakan

Pyke vs Rakan

Pyke
-1.8%
Blitzcrank

Pyke vs Blitzcrank

Pyke
-1.9%
Maokai

Pyke vs Maokai

Pyke
-2.7%
Zyra

Pyke vs Zyra

Pyke
-2.8%
Thresh

Pyke vs Thresh

Pyke
-3.0%
Sona

Pyke vs Sona

Pyke
-3.1%
Alistar

Pyke vs Alistar

Pyke
-3.3%
Lulu

Pyke vs Lulu

Pyke
-3.4%
Rell

Pyke vs Rell

Pyke
-4.2%
Pantheon

Pyke vs Pantheon

Pyke
-4.6%
Nautilus

Pyke vs Nautilus

Pyke
-5.1%
Milio

Pyke vs Milio