Jax vs Locke Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Jax is a fighter, Locke a assassin/mage hybrid, and they meet in the Top lane. 728 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Jax at a 58.1% win rate into Locke. That is 8.1 points above even, so Locke is one of the matchups Jax can lean on.
Jax looks for Counter Strike (E); Locke answers with Ritual Nails (Q). Ultimates decide the rest — Grandmaster-at-Arms versus Purgatory.
Both champions are melee (Jax at 125, Locke at 125), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
Jax and Locke overlap on mixed damage, so itemisation converges rather than splits. The stat sheet reads 650 HP and 36 armour for Jax against 655 and 32 for Locke. Level 18 armour lands at 107 for Jax and 103 for Locke. Base attack damage is 68 against 58, so Jax wins the raw auto-attack exchange. Jax walks at 350 and Locke at 340, so Jax dodges skillshots a fraction easier.
No hand-editing here — the Jax figures come straight from ranked play.
FAQ
Yes — Jax holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Jax wins 58.1% of the recorded games.
58.1% from Jax's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
728 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Jax build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Jax build page.