Pyke vs Fiddlesticks Counter Pick

Vision decides this pairing, and both kits are built around it. A Harmless Scarecrow replaces the trinket of Fiddlesticks with effigies that hold sight and bait respect, while Terrify strikes fear when he damages enemies from an unseen position. Ghostwater Dive puts Pyke into camouflage with a large decaying move speed boost. Across 231 games on patch 16.13.1 the assassin comes out at 55.8%, rated Easy.

• Range does not save him. At 480 units he attacks from further out than Pyke’s 150, but that is short for a mage and one dash erases it.
• Crowstorm needs a channel. The crows only pay out over time in a fixed area, so a Bone Skewer pull during the wind-up costs him the entire cooldown.
• Reap is the better answer. The slash slows everything hit and silences whatever stands in its centre, interrupting Death From Below mid-setup.

Durability sits close on paper, at 650 health and 34 armor against 670 and 37, and 113.9 armor at level 18 against 116.9, but Bountiful Harvest drains health from nearby enemies and ends with execute damage, so a drawn-out fight favours the mage. The counter is written into Pyke’s passive: hidden from view he regenerates damage recently taken from champions, which makes leaving and returning stronger than standing in the drain. A difficulty rating of 7 against Fiddlesticks and his 9 leaves him fewer ways to waste a cooldown.