Nidalee vs Locke Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the jungle: Nidalee the assassin/mage hybrid, Locke the assassin/mage hybrid. Over 797 ranked games on patch 16.13.1, Nidalee closes out 56.6% of them. That is 6.6 points above even, so Locke is one of the matchups Nidalee can lean on.
Shared damage type here — mixed for Nidalee as well as Locke. Before items it is 610 HP, 32 armour, 30 MR for Nidalee; 655, 32, 32 for Locke. Nidalee scales to 2463 health by 18 while Locke reaches 2508. There is a movement gap too: 335 for Nidalee, 340 for Locke.
The 525-versus-125 attack range gap means Nidalee can contest the wave from outside Locke’s reach. Locke wins only by collapsing the distance, which usually means a cooldown or a gank.
A missed Aspect Of The Cougar from Nidalee hands Locke the window to land Soul Ignition. Whoever spends Aspect Of The Cougar or Purgatory first hands the other a window.
Nidalee is the more demanding of the two to pilot (8/10 versus 5/10), which quietly shapes the win rate. Treat 797 games as the confidence attached to 56.6%.
FAQ
Yes — Nidalee holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Nidalee wins 56.6% of the recorded games.
56.6% from Nidalee's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
797 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Nidalee build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Nidalee build page.