Ambessa vs Locke Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In Top, this is Ambessa versus Locke — a fighter/assassin hybrid against a assassin/mage hybrid. The sample behind this page is 467 games from patch 16.13.1, and Ambessa wins 54.4% of them. A 4.4-point edge is what puts this matchup in Ambessa’s column.
Repudiation (W) and Purgatory (R) are usually what decide a trade between Ambessa and Locke. The pressure spikes when Public Execution and Purgatory come online together. Ambessa pays in Energy, Locke in Mana, so extended trades drain them at different rates.
This is a physical-versus-physical exchange between Ambessa and Locke. Ambessa carries 630 base health to Locke’s 655, and 35 armour to 32. Late-game bases read 2500 health / 118 armour for Ambessa and 2508 / 103 for Locke. Ambessa also hits harder before items — 63 AD to 58. Locke moves quicker at base (335 against 340), which shows up on roams.
With both sitting in melee range (125 against 125), neither side gets a free poke pattern.
A 10/10 difficulty rating on Ambessa, against 5/10, means the sample includes plenty of players still learning it. 467 games sit behind that figure, and it moves whenever Ambessa or Locke gets tuned.
FAQ
Yes — Ambessa holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Ambessa wins 54.4% of the recorded games.
54.4% from Ambessa's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
467 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Ambessa build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Ambessa build page.