Maokai vs Pyke Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Maokai is a tank/support hybrid, Pyke a support/assassin hybrid, and they meet in the Support lane. 1,104 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Maokai at a 54.9% win rate into Pyke. A 4.9-point edge is what puts this matchup in Maokai’s column.
Both champions are melee (Maokai at 125, Pyke at 150), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
Maokai looks for Sapling Toss (E); Pyke answers with Bone Skewer (Q). The pressure spikes when Nature’s Grasp and Death From Below come online together.
Mismatched profiles here: magic on Maokai’s side, physical on Pyke’s. Maokai carries 665 base health to Pyke’s 670, and 35 armour to 37. Level 18 armour lands at 123 for Maokai and 117 for Pyke. Maokai walks at 335 and Pyke at 330, so Maokai dodges skillshots a fraction easier.
A 7/10 difficulty rating on Pyke, against 3/10, means the sample includes plenty of players still learning it. The 1,104-game sample behind Maokai versus Pyke is data rather than opinion. Data here updates on its own rather than sitting as a fixed snapshot taken on 16.13.1.
FAQ
Yes — Maokai holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Maokai wins 54.9% of the recorded games.
54.9% from Maokai's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
1,104 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Maokai build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Maokai build page.