Rek’Sai vs Locke Counter Pick

Both champions are listed as physical damage dealers, though Silver Stake adds magic damage to Locke’s attacks that grows with the target’s missing health. What actually separates them is how they generate pressure. Rek’Sai builds Fury by attacking and by landing basic abilities, then spends it on healing while burrowed or on true damage with Furious Bite. Locke pays for his own tempo: Soul Ignition grants attack speed and move speed but damages him to do it, refunding only a portion at the end of the duration.

Over 473 games on patch 16.13.1 Rek’Sai holds 57.7%, an Easy grade. Her 175 attack range against his 125 means she lands the opening hit, and true damage at maximum Fury cuts through the 103.4 armor he reaches by level 18. His counterpunch is Purgatory, which can execute a wounded target and rewards him for sealing champions away, so a Rek’Sai who has already burned Fury on healing can find herself inside that threshold.

Locke does own the raw statline: 655 base health against 600, 2,508 at level 18 against 2,283, and move speed matching hers exactly at 340. He is rated 5 for difficulty against her 3, and the sample suggests the extra complexity is not paying for itself. Reference: Locke.