Shyvana vs Locke Counter Pick

With 1,041 games behind a 60.5% result on patch 16.13.1, this jungle matchup can be treated as settled rather than provisional.

Locke is built around a duel he needs to win quickly. Soul Ignition grants him attack speed and movement speed at the cost of self-inflicted damage, returning only a portion of it when the duration ends, and Silver Stake adds on-hit magic damage that grows with the target’s missing health. Against a champion who opens at 625 health and stacks Scalemail from every large monster and champion takedown, that ramp arrives late. His damage is listed as physical, and 58 base attack damage is the lower of the two figures on the board.

The counterplay is positional. Ashen Pursuit teleports him to a location before dashing onto his next target, and Purgatory can execute a wounded enemy outright, so the danger sits in one window rather than across a whole fight. Inferno Aegis shields ahead of that window and detonates around her, Emberstrike splashes off its target into the ground beside it, and Dragon’s Descent leaves the area while making enemies along the path flee. Locke’s 2,508 health at level 18 outpaces her 2,240, but 103.4 armor against 103 means neither is meaningfully harder to cut. Both kits: Shyvana and Locke.