Pyke the Blood Ripper - Did LoL Just Introduce a Support That's Actually Interesting..?

[ChaddyFantome]

A Little bit a Ekko in my lane~
A little bit a Thresh 'cuz he's insane~
A little bit a Darius with his Ult~
A little bit a Nautilus to a fault~

[giovanigiacomeli]

a new definition for ks




kill sharing

[ethanfeil]

The fact that the last ally to assist gets full kill gold when he kills with his ult also makes him look more like he was designed to be an assassin supp, though obviously that also work really well as a jungler ganking lanes.

[Tohob]

is riot trying to say that junglers are just supports who roam a lot

[Locksmith]

He could definitely shake up the support role and get people to play it, but the fear is that it'll drag in the last pick support type who refuses to really support and goes full lone-wolf. Only time will tell, interesting regardless :P

[VeylmanTheRock]

The charged q in close range is like a Singed e, with it flinging the enemy behind you and into your team/doppelgänger.

[Atamusk]

That Q looks like a ranged flay more than anything, especially since it displaces the target a fixed distance.

[andrewhowe]

little bit of rek sai as well with the underwater mechanic

[RainbowRandolf]

That whole “health converted to damage” thing makes me wonder about the ratios. If they are decent I imagine Sterak’s Gauge could be really insane.

[beckhampang]

He doesnt get health cause he's DEAD. geddit

[iddifoyguipb]

Seems like a really fun kit, especially the Q.

[TheJadeFist]

I believe his passive of bonus health goes to attack instead, is he doesn't get bonus hp from items it instead converts to attack damage instead, more similar to like Kled's bonus health only applies to his mount. Of course I could be wrong and this could be talking about his grey health bar or what ever.

[Sukaki_Izamu]

also assassin support work if you go LaBlonk support its great with burst damage your full combo with or with out ult can normaly get people to 10% hp but a lot of the time ADC want to farm and not fight and you can't really 2v1 and live after burning all your skills. and if the enemy team support a tank gg you will do nothing to them by your self and if they are hugging the adc ass all game you are now worthless. seeing how he might be build tank to get damage might make him ok in late with scaling and if he AD we need AD support he could go black clever and that ward killing item

[Sukaki_Izamu]

so with the wording of his passive is it like jhin passive with a fixed hp amount but more hp just gives him damage seeing he a assassin that build tank

[SilverusX]

Gonna say it: interesting design for a supporter BUT he willo be used as a jungler, i will say it. his kit makes him nearly perfect for an assassin jungler + he can farm kills while the adc can also pick the full amount of gold and exp.

[mushiim]

His kit seems playable top lane. Hopefully he can go lethality or a bruiser build.

[TheReZisTLust]

Id say the ult is more chogath ult execute and aoe q and akali reset

[oolas]

Somebody said that he has low hp even with relic shield and his kit seems to have worst jungle clear

[poltergeist]

Im gonna play him jg and top, he can be good supp too bcs of his R passive, hook etc. But who said that he cant be jungler or top laner?

[Tolkien]

I dont see him staying as a support, AD kill potential botlanes (Especially melee range) doesnt seem too good. I could see him as an AD midlane assassin, that gives gold to ganking lanes.

I dont know, maybe because he scales worse than others like Zed and shit, RIOT thinks he'll make a good support? Hopefully. It looks like a fun addition, I'm just doubting that it'll work out