•Tap Q through the wave, break vision to cash Gift of the Drowned Ones, and start more threats with W so E is still your way out; a lot of bad Pyke lanes are just missed-hook-into-forward-E autopilot.
•Play the X, not just the execute number: lay Death From Below across flash or the escape lane, use the corners instead of only the center, and remember the middle of the X is also your landing spot for the next touch.
•Pyke is strongest while the fight is still scrambled—his results fall off harder by game length than comparable supports and drop sharply when the first component is late, so good games cash the first reset before the screen settles into a clean 5v5.