Support Matchup

Pyke vs Thresh

Patch: 15.24 (25.24)
League: Platinum+
Pyke

Pyke

the Bloodharbor Ripper
Support
Pyke Support Overall Win Rate
48.89%

Matchup Win Rate

48.2%
Pyke vs Thresh Wins
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51.8%
Thresh vs Pyke Wins
Thresh

Thresh

the Chain Warden
Support
Thresh Support Overall Win Rate
49.97%

Pyke vs Thresh - Support Matchup Guide Patch 15.24 (25.24)

Pyke Support vs Thresh Support - Who is stronger?

Pyke Support has trouble against Thresh (48.2% win rate) based on 3091 games. This is a tough matchup for Pyke players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Pyke Support vs Thresh Support in patch 15.24 (25.24), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 73.9% in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Current meta showdown: Pyke (6.8% pick rate, 8th most popular out of 52 Support champions) versus Thresh (12.0%, 2nd place). These two support titans clash constantly, making matchup mastery a decisive factor in your climb. Every edge matters: In this tough matchup, the proven Hail of Blades + Sudden Impact combination (51.3% win rate) plus optimal itemization Umbral Glaive, Voltaic Cyclosword, Edge of Night, and Symbiotic Soles boosts your chances from 48.2% to 73.9% - potentially game-changing.

Vision advantage: Despite losing the direct matchup, Pyke's superior warding (0.85 wards/min, 34th among supports) can swing team fights and objectives in your favor. Damage doesn't equal wins: Pyke outputs more damage (392 vs 376/min, 2nd place) but still loses the matchup. The issue likely lies in survivability, mobility, or damage timing rather than raw output. Complete dominance by Thresh: leads in both matchup win rate (51.8%) and KDA (2.70 vs 2.20, 19th vs 41st place). Pyke players need exceptional preparation to overcome this counter-pick.

Pyke vs Thresh - Support Stats Comparison

Pyke Support
Pyke Support		Versus
Thresh Support
Thresh Support
BTierA
48.2%Matchup Winrate51.8%
48.89%Role Winrate49.97%
#41Winrate Rank#27
6.8%Pickrate12.0%
2.2Average KDA2.7
350Gold per Minute286
0.85Wards per Minute0.83
392Damage per Minute376

How to Beat Thresh as Pyke (Support)

Despite the slight difference in effectiveness, in the Pyke versus Thresh matchup as support, neither champion has an overwhelming advantage. 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, Thresh deals primarily magic damage (72.56%), additional magic resistance may be required.

An important advantage of Pyke is superior vision control (ranked 34th among supports) (versus 39th for Thresh), which provides better map control and safety for the team in important map areas. Meanwhile, their higher KDA (2.7 versus 2.2) suggests they participate more effectively in team fights.

Key aspects of the Pyke Support versus Thresh 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 Thresh 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 Thresh: 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.
48.0% Win Rate95.7% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Barrier
Barrier Gain a brief Shield.
81.7% Win Rate0.3% Pick Rate

Pyke vs Thresh: 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

48.4% Win Rate71.8% 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

51.3% Win Rate11.6% Pick Rate

Pyke vs Thresh: 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.
47.8% Win Rate57.3% 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.
47.6% Win Rate57.3% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
49.3% Win Rate23.4% 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.
48.5% Win Rate9.3% 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.
50.5% Win Rate22.5% 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.
45.2% Win Rate24.5% 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.
64.9% Win Rate0.9% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads (1250 gold) 20 Magic Resist
45 Move Speed
30% Tenacity
54.6% Win Rate4.2% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
49.3% Win Rate23.4% 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.
48.5% Win Rate9.3% 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.
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.
73.9% Win Rate2.1% Pick Rate
Final Build
Statikk Shiv
Statikk Shiv (2700 gold) 45 Attack Damage
30% Attack Speed
4% Move Speed
Electrospark
Attacks trigger chain lightning On-Hit, dealing magic damage with a cooldown.
Electroshock
Takedowns within 3 seconds of damaging the target reset Electrospark's cooldown.
99.2% Win Rate2.2% 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.
29.4% Win Rate22.1% 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.
50.0% Win Rate8.9% Pick Rate
Frozen Heart
Frozen Heart (2500 gold) 75 Armor
400 Mana
20 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress
Reduce the Attack Speed of nearby champions by 20%.
50.4% Win Rate4.4% 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.
0.0% Win Rate2.2% 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.
0.0% Win Rate2.2% 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 Rate2.2% Pick Rate
Statikk Shiv
Statikk Shiv (2700 gold) 45 Attack Damage
30% Attack Speed
4% Move Speed
Electrospark
Attacks trigger chain lightning On-Hit, dealing magic damage with a cooldown.
Electroshock
Takedowns within 3 seconds of damaging the target reset Electrospark's cooldown.
99.2% Win Rate2.2% Pick Rate

Pyke vs Thresh: 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
47.2% Win Rate80.2% 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 > E > W
56.2% 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 Thresh

  • Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
  • Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
  • Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.

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Pantheon

Pyke vs Pantheon

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+1.4%
Morgana

Pyke vs Morgana

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+1.4%
Nautilus

Pyke vs Nautilus

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+1.3%
Brand

Pyke vs Brand

Pyke
+1.3%
Senna

Pyke vs Senna

Pyke
+1.2%
Yuumi

Pyke vs Yuumi

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+1.2%
Zyra

Pyke vs Zyra

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-0.3%
Karma

Pyke vs Karma

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-0.8%
Bard

Pyke vs Bard

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-1.0%
Neeko

Pyke vs Neeko

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-1.1%
Janna

Pyke vs Janna

Pyke
-1.4%
Lulu

Pyke vs Lulu

Pyke
-1.5%
Seraphine

Pyke vs Seraphine

Pyke
-1.6%
Fiddlesticks

Pyke vs Fiddlesticks

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-2.0%
Rakan

Pyke vs Rakan

Pyke
-2.0%
Tahm Kench

Pyke vs Tahm Kench

Pyke
-2.0%
Nami

Pyke vs Nami

Pyke
-2.4%
Poppy

Pyke vs Poppy

Pyke
-2.5%
Sona

Pyke vs Sona

Pyke
-2.6%
Braum

Pyke vs Braum

Pyke
-2.7%
Blitzcrank

Pyke vs Blitzcrank

Pyke
-2.8%
Maokai

Pyke vs Maokai

Pyke
-2.8%
Soraka

Pyke vs Soraka

Pyke
-3.0%
Zilean

Pyke vs Zilean

Pyke
-3.0%
Leona

Pyke vs Leona

Pyke
-3.3%
Rell

Pyke vs Rell

Pyke
-3.8%
Milio

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Pyke
-5.7%
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