Garen vs Locke Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In Top, this is Garen versus Locke — a fighter/tank hybrid against a assassin/mage hybrid. Over 1,020 ranked games on patch 16.13.1, Garen closes out 58.7% of them. A 8.7-point edge is what puts this matchup in Garen’s column.
This is a physical-versus-physical exchange between Garen and Locke. Garen opens on 690 health and 38 armour, Locke on 655 and 32. Garen starts 6 armour ahead, which is felt before either buys anything. Garen scales to 2356 health by 18 while Locke reaches 2508. Garen also hits harder before items — 69 AD to 58.
Courage (W) and Purgatory (R) are usually what decide a trade between Garen and Locke. Then it becomes Demacian Justice against Purgatory, and the one still holding it sets the terms. None against Mana — the sustain maths are not symmetrical here.
With both sitting in melee range (175 against 125), neither side gets a free poke pattern.
Read 58.7% as a trend: 1,020 games is useful, not final. Everything comes from Emerald+ solo queue and refreshes without manual input.
FAQ
Yes — Garen holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Garen wins 58.7% of the recorded games.
58.7% from Garen's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
1,020 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Garen build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Garen build page.