Evelynn vs Locke Counter Pick

870 games is a sample worth trusting, and it places Evelynn at 60.3% against Locke on patch 16.13.1 — a margin that usually reflects a mechanical conflict rather than a difference in raw statistics.

The conflict is Soul Ignition. Locke’s attack speed and movement speed steroid costs him health immediately and refunds part of it when the duration ends, leaving a stretch where his effective health sits below the 655 base and 2,508 at level 18 his card advertises. Evelynn’s burst is designed for that stretch: Allure charms and shreds magic resist, Whiplash adds movement speed for the follow-up, and Last Caress goes briefly untargetable before warping her clear. Silver Stake, which scales with missing health, makes him increasingly dangerous the longer a fight runs, so the matchup is a race between his sustained on-hit damage and her opening.

Vision decides who starts that race. Camouflage beats a champion whose engage, Ashen Pursuit, needs a visible target to dash toward. Locke’s compensation is Purgatory, an execute punishing anyone who lingers at low health after escaping, and his 340 base movement speed against her 335 means the chase is not automatically lost. Their early bodies are close, 32 armor against 37 and 58 attack damage against 61, so the separation only appears once camouflage exists. Physical damage also means her 116.9 armor at level 18 does real work. Ability breakdown: Locke.