Pyke/Trivia

General

 * Pyke's name is a pun on the and the, both from  root *(s)pey- "sharp, pointy stick".
 * Pyke's dance references the traditional  warrior dance.
 * He shares this dance with.
 * Pyke's 's shape is possibly based on those of -heads carved from, , & , though his is made of metal and magnified to be effective against gigantic in-universe sea-monsters.
 * Pyke is the second champion in the game whose health can not be improved except through growth per level, the first one being.
 * Pyke's quite coincidentally shares his name with a in George R.R. Martin's novel series .
 * Namely, Pyke, the capital of the Iron Islands, an island state within the continent of Westeros; Pyke's inhabitants also worship a deity called "the Drowned God".

Development

 * Pyke was initially conceptualized to have dreadlocks. This idea was later scrapped during development.
 * Pyke's teaser showed him with a different bandanna design than the one he was released with, which was for in-game visual clarity. A later change was made to both himself and his emote to reflect the teaser.
 * Pyke's in development model was a black colored.
 * Some of Pyke's possible names were Shar and Jaull, the type of fish that ate him.
 * Pyke's in development names were 'AssassinSupport' and 'ThiefSupport'.
 * Some of Pyke's scrapped spells in development include:
 * Permanent invisibility if he was in vision range of an ally and not in combat.
 * A  that worked off of his own team's damage.
 * A dash that exhausted any enemy you struck, and would reset if you hit 2 or more enemies.
 * A kidnap spell that would place a marker on the ground, and then reactivate within a window to dash in a direction, if he had hit an enemy he would teleport them back as well.
 * Inspirations for Pyke include various horror movies like Jaws, It, Halloween, and Friday the 13th, Avatar the Last Airbender, Scorpion from Mortal Kombat, and Thane Krios from Mass Effect.
 * Various themes that could've been taken with Pyke include an undead Yordle from the Shadow Isles and a sand wraith from Shurima.

Lore

 * Pyke was not resurrected by Nagakabouros or the Shadow Isles Black Mist. He was resurrected by the magic of the Jaull fish.
 * Pyke believes that before drowning he was a sailor aboard The Terror however no one has records of that vessel. Since Pyke's list keeps increasing (usualy before killing someone) it's likely that The Terror  is a fabrication from his own broken mind, and a way for whatever gave him his powers to keep Pyke interested in killing people.
 * Despite similarities to lore, Riot decided to keep Pyke’s lore the same because they felt there was enough room for two deep sea revenants that desired revenge.
 * Pyke is half Buhru islander and half immigrant. His mother was from the Serpent Isles and his father immigrated to Bilgewater from the Freljord or the outer territories of Noxus.
 * His favorite food is salted pork and his favorite beverage is red wine cut with salt water.

Quotes

 * "Did I 'support' right?" alludes to the fact Supports aren't allowed to take kills normally unless needed to.

Skins

 * His splash art has numerous specific cameo trinkets from all of Victor '3rdColossus' Maury previously developed splash arts, such as:
 * chest design and Demacian crest.
 * face and sword engraving (fan made splash art).
 * heart crystal.
 * visor piece.
 * bird mount tooth.
 * collar button.
 * piece of body.
 * necklace.
 * pressure indicator.
 * earring.
 * spade decoration.


 * In his splash art, a Shuriman can be seen in the background.
 * His appearance was inspired by from the  series.
 * This skin is a nod to one of the possible themes Riot explored with Pyke, a sand wraith from Shurima.
 * This skin is a nod to one of the possible themes Riot explored with Pyke, a sand wraith from Shurima.

Relations

 * and are both on Pyke's list, both being captains.