Pyke/Trivia

General

• Pyke is one of 20 champions without a single  ability power ratio on any ability: Aatrox, Camille, Darius, Dr. Mundo, Draven, Garen, Kayn, Kled, Naafiri, Nilah, Olaf, Pyke, Riven, Samira, Sett, Talon, Urgot, Xayah, Yone, and Zed.
• Pyke's name is a pun on the pole weapon and the predatory fish, both from PIE root *(s)pey- "sharp, pointy stick".
  • 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".
• Pyke will play his critical strike animation when applying Duskblade of Draktharr's bonus damage.
• Bone Skewer can be toggled to stop glowing with the Toggle key bind (default [Ctrl] + [5]). It will revert to glowing at 1:00 or whenever he respawns.
• Pyke's dance references the traditional Māori Haka warrior dance.
  • A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
  • He shares this dance with Rengar.
• Bone Skewer's shape is possibly based on those of harpoon-heads carved from bone, antler, & walrus ivory, 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 Kled.
• Pyke quite coincidentally shares his name with a location in George R.R. Martin's novel series A Song of Ice and Fire.
• Gift of the Drowned Ones is 93.75% gold efficient.
  • 1 HP = 2.66... gold. (calculated with Ruby Crystal. 400g / 150hp = 2.66)
  • 1 AD = 35 gold. (calculate with Long Sword. 350g / 10ad = 35g)
  • AD/HP (35 / 2.66) = 13.125 (this is to find where AD=HP, meaning 13.125 HP is equal to 1 AD. The equation would be 13.75[HP] = [AD])
  • Pyke's passive converts every 14 bonus hp into 1 ad. so if you divide 13.125 by 14, you get 0.9375, meaning each bonus HP you buy is only 93.75% the gold value you get for each AD.
  • 100% efficiency would be 8 AD for every 105 HP.

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 placeholder model was a black colored SSW Talon.
• Some of Pyke's possible names were Shar and Jaull, the type of fish that ate him.
• Pyke's codenames were AssassinSupport and ThiefSupport.
• Some of Pyke's scrapped spells include:
  • Permanent invisibility if he was in vision range of an ally and not in combat.
  • A  Death Mark 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, as well as Avatar the Last Airbender, Scorpion from Mortal Kombat, and Thane Krios from Mass Effect.
• Various thematics that could've been taken with Pyke include an undead Yordle from the Shadow Isles and a sand wraith from Shurima .
• During development Ghostwater Dive was tested to refresh if Death from Below executed a target.

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 (usually 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 Nautilus' 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.
• The 'Swimming City' mentioned by Pyke multiple times is noted as being a very real thing, a city that literally swims and never stays in the same place. This is noted because Pyke is stated to never lie.

Quotes

•   <span class="skin-play-button skinloading-icon" data-champion=""Did I 'support' right?"" data-skin="Pyke" data-variant="" style="position:relative; height:20px; width:20px; display:inline">[[File:"Did I 'support' right?" PykeCircle.png|20px|link=]] alludes to the conception that supports aren't allowed to take kills normally unless needed to.
•   <span class="skin-play-button skinloading-icon" data-champion=""What's worth more? A pound of flesh or a gallon of blood?"" data-skin="Pyke" data-variant="" style="position:relative; height:20px; width:20px; display:inline">[[File:"What's worth more? A pound of flesh or a gallon of blood?" PykeCircle.png|20px|link=]] references Merchant of Venice, during which Shylock demands a pound of flesh from Antonio (later on its ruled in court that he cannot spill a drop of blood, as his contract with Antonio specifically states a pound of flesh—not blood).
•   <span class="skin-play-button skinloading-icon" data-champion=""I want to watch the world drown."" data-skin="Pyke" data-variant="" style="position:relative; height:20px; width:20px; display:inline">[[File:"I want to watch the world drown." PykeCircle.png|20px|link=]] is a play on a quote from The Dark Knight ("Some men just want to watch the world burn.")
• Pyke is the third champion to receive ping-related voice lines, the first two being Rakan and Xayah.

Skins

Original Pyke

Trinket cameos.

• His Recall creature is nicknamed Nensi.
• His splash art has numerous specific cameo trinkets from all of Victor '3rdColossus' Maury previously developed splash arts, such as:
  • Original Galio's chest design and Demacian crest.
  • Original Gangplank's face and sword engraving (fan made splash art).
  • Elderwood Hecarim's heart crystal.
  • SKT T1 Renekton's visor piece.
  • Beast Hunter Sejuani's bird mount tooth.
  • Original Swain's collar button.
  • Dark Star Thresh's piece of body.
  • Dragon Trainer Tristana's necklace.
  • Original Urgot's pressure indicator.
  • Original Warwick's earring.
  • Original Yorick's spade decoration.

Sand Wraith Pyke
Chromas: Catseye, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Sapphire, Tanzanite, Turquoise

• This skin shares the Guardian of the Sands theme with:
  • Guardian of the Sands Janna
  • Guardian of the Sands Kha'Zix
  • Guardian of the Sands Rammus
  • Guardian of the Sands Rengar
  • Guardian of the Sands Ryze
  • ...and others
  • Guardian of the Sands Skarner
  • Guardian of the Sands Xerath
  • Risen Fiddlesticks
  • Sandstorm Ekko
  • Sandstorm Katarina

• In his splash art, a Shuriman Sun Disk can be seen in the background.
• His appearance was inspired by Bayek from the Assassin's Creed series.
• The color scheme of his Sapphire chroma shares a striking resemblance to Prince from Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and his weapon Dagger of Time.
• This skin is a nod to one of the possible thematics Riot explored with Pyke, a sand wraith from Shurima.

Blood Moon Pyke
Chromas: Aquamarine, Citrine, Obsidian, Pearl, Rose Quartz, Ruby

• This skin shares the Blood Moon theme with:
  • Blood Moon Akali
  • Blood Moon Diana
  • Blood Moon Evelynn
  • Blood Moon Fiddlesticks
  • Blood Moon Shen
  • ...and others
  • Blood Moon Thresh
  • Blood Moon Tryndamere
  • Blood Moon Zed
  • Blood Moon Zilean
  • Blood Moon Zyra

• The mask he is wearing references the ones used in Japanese Noh theater.

PROJECT: Pyke
Chromas: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Obsidian, Pearl, Reckoning, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Turquoise

• This skin shares the PROJECT theme with:
  • Prestige PROJECT: Sylas
  • Prestige PROJECT: Zed
  • PROJECT: Akali
  • PROJECT: Ekko
  • PROJECT: Fiora
  • ...and others
  • PROJECT: Leona
  • PROJECT: Renekton
  • PROJECT: Sejuani
  • PROJECT: Sylas
  • PROJECT: Zed

• • • PROJECT: Irelia can be seen in the background of his splash art.

Relations

• Miss Fortune and Gangplank are both on Pyke's list, both being captains.