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 14.24!

Updated: 2024-12-18 ()

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.
Frozen Heart should be final item in your build.
Kaenic Rookern should be final item in your build.
Knight's Vow should be final item in your build.
Spirit Visage 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)).

How it works

General
  1. This build is all about Imperial Mandate.
  2. And also all about slows.
  3. You support through disrupting fights, being annoying, Slowing/Healing/Buffing and soaking damage.

How to play

General
  1. You rush Imperial Mandate. That is only mandatory item for this build. Then you need to adapt to an enemy team.
  2. Your CC triggers Glacial Augument that slows AOE. All Slows trigger Font of Life AND Imperial Mandate, healing and buffing your allies.
  3. Since LoL Patch 14.1 Imperial Mandate is changed. Now you need your team to proc it to deal any damage. So you need to play a little bit differently. Do not spam mindlessly. Try coordinating it with your team - when they are about to poke or when they go in.
  4. Font of Life heal can trigger various support items, like Ardent Censer or Staff of Flowing Water or even Moonstone Renewer!
  5. You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.

Tips and Tricks

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!
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Moonstone Renewer item.
Ardent Censer item.
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Redemption item.
Good tank items
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Fimbulwinter item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Knight's Vow item.
Good MR items
Kaenic Rookern item.
Abyssal Mask item.
Force of Nature item.
Hollow Radiance item.
Spirit Visage item.
Good Armor items
Sunfire Aegis item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Thornmail item.
Unending Despair item.
Frozen Heart item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Randuin's Omen item.
For mana problems
Tear of the Goddess item.
Fimbulwinter item.
Situational dmg items
Serylda's Grudge item.
Sundered Sky item.
The Collector item.
Muramana item.
Blade of The Ruined King item.
Titanic Hydra 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 Wrath item.
Seeker's Armguard item.
Elixir of Iron item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Imperial Mandate item.
Frozen Heart item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Knight's Vow item.
Spirit Visage item.