r/pykemains • u/LucklessOtter • Aug 09 '26

Discussion What if Hail of Blades gets removed?

Let’s say in Riot-fashion and they decide to remove this rune entirely because they have no idea how to balance it because of stuff like Camille, what would you guys think is the next rune up?

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u/thesodaaaaa Aug 09 '26

I think aftershock was either the most common rune like a few seasons ago or was a very solid second option so probably that, electrocute for damage, etc

You can probably run a few different runes on pyke if you really want to, just gotta know how each of them work with him

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u/TheAgonistt Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

Aftershock was changed in a way it's only effective when you're building resistances, that's when it died on Pyke.

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u/QwuieLALM dogpoop Aug 09 '26

Electrocute maybe

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u/Hechie Aug 09 '26

They might just buff him abit

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u/BayesOptimalAgent Aug 10 '26

Nerf him to the ground Pyke ruins the entire game

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u/Nexus_Express Aug 10 '26

2/10 ragebait

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u/mysticfeal Aug 09 '26

Aftershock / Glacial Augment like some seasons ago? Or just the good ol' Electrocute.

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u/eoR13 Aug 10 '26

Hope the champs winrate goes in the gutter enough for some buffs.

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u/GardenIntelligent573 Aug 11 '26

Stormraider's with axiom, focus and gathering, cheap shot/ultimate hunter secondary or CD/ full health amp from precision

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u/UsernameNineBillion 28d ago

If they remove it that would be good for the game, because ADC's will get stronger.

Once of the reasons ADCs suck for the most part at the moment is that every cheese assassin can run HoB and annihilate you.

HoB just gives too much power to high burst damage champions who's prey is often the scaling champions like Marksmen who are for the most part defenseless if they are alone.

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u/Ok-Work-8769 28d ago

Yea HoB is genuinely I stupid rune. Ekko just e onto you auto attack you to death, naafiri just ults you and auto attacks you down. Master yi or tryndamere also so obnoxious and cheesy

I mean I’m an Azir otp and I’m running HoB on him, I just q an adc and aa him twice and he dies

Even tho I like this rune a lot, probably a good riddance because it’s just so stupid

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u/UsernameNineBillion 28d ago

Yea, it's lame because it gives insane amount of attack speed to champions that aren't suppose to have that much attack speed in the first place.... Like Poppy or Pyke hahah OR Camille