Fizz vs Locke Counter Pick

Fizz wins with 64.3% across 193 games on patch 16.13.1, a lopsided reading for a jungle clash, and the mechanic underneath it is untargetability.

• Wasted execute: Purgatory throws a binding artifact that damages and can execute, the sort of spell that disappears into nothing when Playful / Trickster has already lifted Fizz off the ground.
• Self-inflicted cost: Soul Ignition buys Locke attack speed and move speed with his own health and only returns part of it at the end, an expensive loan against an opponent who picks the moment to commit.
• Chip damage: Silver Stake adds on-hit magic damage that scales with missing health, but Nimble Fighter shaves a flat amount off every instance, and on-hit damage arrives in many small ones.

Ritual Nails marks enemies so his attacks can consume the marks for bonus damage, and those marks are wasted on a champion who leaves the fight for a second and returns on his own terms. Locke owns the heavier frame, 655 health and 32 armor at level 1 reaching 2,508 and 103.4 at 18 against 640 and 26 reaching 2,442 and 104.2, plus 340 move speed to 335. Fizz answers mass with duration through Seastone Trident. Attack range reads 175 to 125, difficulty 6 to 5. Kits: Fizz and Locke.