Gragas vs Locke Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
In Jungle, this is Gragas versus Locke — a fighter/mage hybrid against a assassin/mage hybrid. 210 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Gragas at a 58.1% win rate into Locke. That is 8.1 points above even, so Locke is one of the matchups Gragas can lean on.
Drunken Rage (W) and Purgatory (R) are usually what decide a trade between Gragas and Locke. Then it becomes Explosive Cask against Purgatory, and the one still holding it sets the terms.
This is a mixed-versus-mixed exchange between Gragas and Locke. Before items it is 640 HP, 38 armour, 32 MR for Gragas; 655, 32, 32 for Locke. The 6-armour edge belongs to Gragas. Gragas scales to 2595 health by 18 while Locke reaches 2508. Base attack damage is 64 against 58, so Gragas wins the raw auto-attack exchange. Locke moves quicker at base (330 against 340), which shows up on roams.
This is a melee mirror in terms of reach — 125 versus 125 — so spacing matters less than ability timing.
That 58.1% rests on 210 recorded games from 16.13.1. Stats for Locke in this matchup are recalculated automatically for Jungle.
FAQ
Yes — Gragas holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Gragas wins 58.1% of the recorded games.
58.1% from Gragas's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
210 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Gragas build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Gragas build page.