Support Matchup

Pyke vs Tahm Kench

Patch: 15.15 (25.15)
League: Platinum+
Pyke

Pyke

the Bloodharbor Ripper
Support
Pyke Support Overall Win Rate
49.02%

Matchup Win Rate

51.4%
Pyke vs Tahm Kench Wins
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48.6%
Tahm Kench vs Pyke Wins
Tahm Kench

Tahm Kench

The River King
Support
Tahm Kench Support Overall Win Rate
49.23%

Pyke vs Tahm Kench - Support Matchup Guide Patch 15.15 (25.15)

Pyke Support vs Tahm Kench Support - Who is stronger?

Pyke Support has a slight edge over Tahm Kench (51.4% win rate) based on 515 games. The matchup slightly favors Pyke.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Pyke Support vs Tahm Kench 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 75.3% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Pyke dominates the meta (10th most popular, 6.2% pick rate) and regularly clashes with Tahm Kench (2.3% pick rate). Understanding this common matchup forms the foundation of consistent gameplay for one of support's current powerhouses. Meta strength confirmed: Pyke's superior tier rating (B vs C) translates into a solid 51.4% matchup win rate. This performance explains why Pyke ranks 37th in win rate among Support champions. Optimize for consistency: Hail of Blades paired with Sudden Impact (79.8% win rate, 7.9% popularity) provides the stats you need, while the item sequence Umbral Glaive > Voltaic Cyclosword > Youmuu's Ghostblade with Symbiotic Soles delivers 75.3% win rate against Tahm Kench.

Total map control: Pyke dominates both the matchup and vision control (0.90 vs 0.82 wards/min). Your extra 0.08 wards/min create massive macro advantages for your entire team. Quality over quantity: Pyke wins through smart play rather than raw damage - despite lower DPS (444 vs 582/min), the 51.4% win rate shows superior utility, positioning, and team fight impact. Intriguing anomaly: Pyke wins the matchup (51.4%) despite a lower KDA (2.20 vs 2.40). This suggests you win through macro influence and clutch plays in key moments rather than consistent individual performance.

Pyke vs Tahm Kench - Support Stats Comparison

Pyke Support
Pyke Support		Versus
Tahm Kench Support
Tahm Kench Support
BTierC
51.4%Matchup Winrate48.6%
49.02%Role Winrate49.23%
#37Winrate Rank#36
6.2%Pickrate2.3%
2.2Average KDA2.4
357Gold per Minute322
0.90Wards per Minute0.82
444Damage per Minute582

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Pyke (Support)

While statistically Pyke is slightly stronger than Tahm Kench as support, neither champion has an overwhelming advantage in this matchup. The winner is determined by player skill and understanding the intricacies of the confrontation. Studying this guide will improve your chances of success.

Except for rare builds, Pyke deals physical damage. Focus on eliminating enemy carries. Meanwhile, Tahm Kench deals primarily magic damage (70.71%), additional magic resistance may be required.

An important advantage of Pyke is superior vision control (ranked 23rd among supports) (versus 43rd for Tahm Kench), which provides better map control and safety for the team in important map areas. Meanwhile, their higher KDA (2.4 versus 2.2) suggests they participate more effectively in team fights.

Key aspects of the Pyke Support versus Tahm Kench Support matchup

Despite the statistical advantage in the matchup, overconfidence can be the main mistake. It is important for the Pyke player to maintain constant pressure on Tahm Kench, not allowing the opponent to safely scale up, and actively use the advantage gained to help their team.

Pyke vs Tahm Kench: 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.
58.4% Win Rate94.9% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

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.
58.4% Win Rate94.9% Pick Rate

Pyke vs Tahm Kench: 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

54.7% Win Rate71.4% 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 …

Deep Ward
Deep Ward Your wards in the enemy jungle are Deep. Deep wards gain +1 extra Health and +[30 - 45]s increased duration (+[45 - 150]s for Trinket stealth wards).

Level 9: Wards in the river are also Deep.

Deep Ward

Your wards in the enemy jungle are Deep. Deep wards gain +1 extra Health and +[…

Relentless Hunter
Relentless Hunter Gain 8 Move Speed out of combat per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks are earned the first time you get a takedown on each enemy champion.

Relentless Hunter

Gain 8 Move Speed out of combat per Bounty Hunter stack. Bounty Hunter stacks a…

Secondary Path
Sorcery
Nimbus Cloak
Nimbus Cloak After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a Move Speed increase that lasts for 2s and allows you to pass through units.

Increase: 14% - 40% Move Speed based on the Summoner Spell's cooldown. (Higher cooldown Summoner Spells grant more Move Speed).

Nimbus Cloak

After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a Move Speed increase that lasts for 2s an…

Celerity
Celerity All movement bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.

Celerity

All movement bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.

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

+10% Tenacity and Slow Resist
+10% Tenacity and Slow Resist +10% Tenacity and Slow Resist

+10% Tenacity and Slow Resist

+10% Tenacity and Slow Resist

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

79.8% Win Rate7.9% Pick Rate

Pyke vs Tahm Kench: 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.
57.0% Win Rate55.7% 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.
54.9% Win Rate55.3% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
66.2% Win Rate28.0% 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.
43.2% Win Rate8.2% 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.
60.4% Win Rate22.2% 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.
50.5% Win Rate25.2% 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.
74.1% Win Rate1.6% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
73.6% Win Rate2.2% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
66.2% Win Rate28.0% Pick Rate
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed
Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
59.4% Win Rate2.7% 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.
75.3% Win Rate3.0% Pick Rate
Final Build
Axiom Arc
Axiom Arc (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
20 Ability Haste
Flux
When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, refund some of your Ultimate Ability's total cooldown.
100.0% Win Rate12.4% Pick Rate
Other Items
Axiom Arc
Axiom Arc (3000 gold) 55 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
20 Ability Haste
Flux
When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, refund some of your Ultimate Ability's total cooldown.
100.0% Win Rate12.4% Pick Rate
Eclipse
Eclipse (2900 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
Ever Rising Moon
Hitting a champion with 2 separate Attacks or Abilities within 2 seconds grants you a Shield for 2 seconds.
0.0% Win Rate6.2% Pick Rate
Death's Dance
Death's Dance (3300 gold) 60 Attack Damage
15 Ability Haste
50 Armor
Ignore Pain
A percentage of damage taken is dealt to you over 3 seconds instead.
Defy
When a champion that you damaged within 3 seconds dies, cleanse Ignore Pain's remaining damage and restore Health over 2 seconds.
99.0% Win Rate6.2% Pick Rate
Serylda's Grudge
Serylda's Grudge (3000 gold) 45 Attack Damage
35% Armor Penetration
15 Ability Haste
Bitter Cold
Damaging Abilities Slow enemies below 50% Health by 30% for 1 second.
0.0% Win Rate6.2% Pick Rate
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.
98.0% Win Rate6.2% 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 Rate6.2% Pick Rate

Pyke vs Tahm Kench: Support Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
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
58.7% Win Rate86.5% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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R
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
92.2% Win Rate0.5% 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 Tahm Kench

  • When you see Tahm Kench use the shield from Thick Skin, remember that he just opted out of a good deal of healing. He will also not accumulate new gray health until Thick Skin comes off cooldown. Use this to your advantage!
  • Watch out for Kench's Abyssal Dive - you can cancel it's channel with immobilizing crowd control effects.

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+1.1%
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-0.3%
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-0.8%
Bard

Pyke vs Bard

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-1.4%
Nautilus

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-1.4%
Thresh

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-1.6%
Fiddlesticks

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-1.6%
Blitzcrank

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-1.7%
Janna

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-1.9%
Lulu

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-1.9%
Rell

Pyke vs Rell

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-1.9%
Maokai

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-2.0%
Swain

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-2.2%
Vel'Koz

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-2.2%
Soraka

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-2.6%
Yuumi

Pyke vs Yuumi

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-2.6%
Morgana

Pyke vs Morgana

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-2.7%
Leona

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-2.8%
Brand

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-2.9%
Alistar

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-3.0%
Zilean

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-3.0%
Milio

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-3.0%
Seraphine

Pyke vs Seraphine

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-3.5%
Shaco

Pyke vs Shaco

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-4.1%
Rakan

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-4.5%
Nami

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-7.4%
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