Imperial Mandate Pyke Build

Imperial Mandate Pyke Build.

Imperial Mandate Pyke build with runes and items. Imperial Mandate Pyke guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Imperial Mandate Pyke build in League of Legends Patch 26.4!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror should be final item in your build.
Tear of the Goddess should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Pyke ability Bone Skewer should be leveled first.
Q
Pyke ability Phantom Undertow should be leveled second.
E
Pyke ability Ghostwater Dive should be leveled third.
W
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Imperial Mandate should be final item in your build.
Kaenic Rookern should be final item in your build.
Spirit Visage should be final item in your build.
Frozen Heart should be final item in your build.
Knight's Vow should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Glacial Augment from Inspiration tree.
Minor rune Resolve.
Summoner spells
Pick Exhaust as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Imperial Mandate Pyke Runes

Inspiration
Inspiration major tree Glacial Augment rune.
Inspiration major tree Unsealed Spellbook rune.
Inspiration major tree First Strike rune.
Inspiration major tree Hextech Flashtraption rune.
Inspiration major tree Magical Footwear rune.
Inspiration major tree Cash Back rune.
Inspiration major tree Triple Tonic rune.
Inspiration major tree Time Warp Tonic rune.
Inspiration major tree Biscuit Delivery rune.
Inspiration major tree Cosmic Insight rune.
Inspiration major tree Approach Velocity rune.
Inspiration major tree Jack Of All Trades rune.
Resolve
Resolve minor tree Demolish rune.
Resolve minor tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve minor tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve minor tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve minor tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve minor tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve minor tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve minor tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve minor tree Unflinching rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

Optional Summoner Spells

Heal

Heal

OK option if you want to play more support-ish as it provides extra healing.

Ignite

Ignite

Offensive option. Improves your damage.

Ghost

Ghost

Mobility option. Helps you position better to apply slows. Good for kiting or chasing. And running away.

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How it works

  1. This build is all about Imperial Mandate and slowing your enemies.
  2. You support your team through disrupting fights, slowing enemies, providing healing/buffs, and soaking damage.

Playstyle

  1. ❄️

    Disrupt fights with slows and CC.

  2. 🎯

    Proc Imperial Mandate and support your allies.

  3. 🧰

    Adapt to the game and get items to counter enemy team.

How to play

  1. You rush Imperial Mandate as your only mandatory item.
  2. Your CC triggers Glacial Augment that slows AOE. All Slows trigger Font of Life AND Imperial Mandate, healing and buffing your allies.

How Imperial Mandate works

  1. Imperial Mandate requires your TEAM to proc it for damage. Try coordinating it with your allies - mark targets when they're about to get poked or when your team goes in.

Buffing your team

  1. Font of Life heal triggers various support items like Ardent Censer, Staff of Flowing Water or even Moonstone Renewer!
  2. If your team needs sustain, you can even get Diadem of Songs.
  3. If your team has auto attackers, get Ardent Censer. Your Font of Life will buff them constantly.
  4. Bandlepipes is excellent - gives MS and buffs allies' attack speed when you CC/slow enemies.
  5. Staff of Flowing Water is good item if you have lots of AP scaling champions on the team.

Adaptation

  1. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR items like Kaenic Rookern or Spirit Visage.
  2. Enemy team heavy on AD? Buy Armor items like Thornmail or Randuin's Omen.
  3. Your team lacks damage? You can buy damage items - Liandry's Torment or Blackfire Torch work well.

Tips and Tricks

Champion

  1. To elevate your Pyke's game, when you want to Phantom Undertow (E) Flash combo, make sure to do it at the very last frame of E animation, so enemies won't have any time to react.

Riot

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. The Tap version of Bone Skewer is much faster and deals additional damage.
  4. A lot of your agressive spells are also your escapes. Make sure you always have a plan to get out of the fight.

Skill Order

  • Pyke [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Bone Skewer
  • Pyke [object Object] ability.
    W
    Ghostwater Dive
  • Pyke [object Object] ability.
    E
    Phantom Undertow
  • Pyke [object Object] ability.
    R
    Death From Below

Items

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror item.
Tear of the Goddess item.
Rush this #1
Imperial Mandate item.
Boots
Mercury's Treads item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Good support items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Diadem of Songs item.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
Bandlepipes item.
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Ardent Censer item.
Redemption item.
Moonstone Renewer item.
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Good tank items
Warmog's Armor item.
Fimbulwinter item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Knight's Vow item.
Good MR items
Spirit Visage item.
Force of Nature item.
Abyssal Mask item.
Hollow Radiance item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Good Armor items
Thornmail item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Frozen Heart item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Unending Despair item.
For mana problems
Tear of the Goddess item.
Fimbulwinter item.
Situational dmg items
The Collector item.
Titanic Hydra item.
Sundered Sky item.
Muramana item.
Blade of The Ruined King item.
Serylda's Grudge item.
Counter healing
Executioner's Calling item.
Chempunk Chainsword item.
Counter shielding
Serpent's Fang item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Wrath item.
Seeker's Armguard item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Imperial Mandate item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Spirit Visage item.
Frozen Heart item.
Knight's Vow item.