Lillia vs Locke Counter Pick

Damage types point in opposite directions. Lillia deals magic damage while her armor line of 22 rising to 98.5 sits among the lower physical defenses in the game, and Locke deals physical damage from 125 attack range behind 32 armor and 103.4 of his own. On paper that arrangement suits him; the recorded 55.8% win rate across 620 games on patch 16.13.1 says otherwise, with an Easy grade.

Reach explains most of the gap. Lillia operates from 325 units, and Locke’s approach tools both carry conditions: Ashen Pursuit teleports before dashing to a target, and Purgatory throws a binding artifact whose execute only threatens an enemy already damaged. Dream-Laden Bough keeps applying maximum health damage over time while she retreats at stacking Blooming Blows speed.

His scaling is health-hungry in a different way. Soul Ignition costs him health for attack speed and movement speed before healing part of it back, and Silver Stake’s on-hit magic damage rises as a target’s health falls, so a Lillia caught low is still in real danger. Swirlseed is the cheapest way to prevent that, slowing on impact and continuing to roll when it misses. His 655 base health is the larger figure at level one as well. Difficulty ratings of 8 against 5 make execution, rather than the matchup, the main risk on her side.