Talk:Pyke/@comment-24971427-20180806030812

Brought Pyke top lane with Ravenous Hydra.

Fought against a Darius.

I actually won by out-sustaining him.

A note. Your early game is terrible and your waveclear will be ass until you get tiamat. Your mana will keep being used up as well, until you reach mid game.

No worries about health or Darius pulls though, you can just E out and still return some damage from your ghost.

Hiding in the bush will return all the health you lost when Darius pulled out.

Fighting Darius is easy if you build straight damage while he works on Black Cleaver. The moment he gets armor items though, that's when you start to lose.

Aside from that, taking Dead Man's Plate is pretty good for keeping your opponent's slowed and apply some free damage.

It's also good to build something like Sterak's Gage or Guardian Angel as your third item.

I recommend getting cdr as well, so maybe Black Cleaver won't be such a bad idea, as it also lets you fight tanks like Darius better.

Other recommendations are Sunfire Cape and Death's Dance for some extra damage and survivability.

And a tip to using E, walk up to your opponents and E away.

Your W isn't a good escape, and engaging in a fight like that when you're a very squishy character is basically just feeding the enemy team.

Remember though a Q tap deals bonus damage, you might not want to stay in the front line unless you have your E up.

Try grabbing someone with a charged up Q instead.