Talon vs Locke Counter Pick

With 1,736 games recorded on patch 16.13.1, this is one of the better-supported readings a jungle pairing can offer, and it is lopsided: Talon takes 60.3%, difficulty Easy. Both champions are melee at 125 range and both deal physical damage, so the outcome rests on raw statlines and on which kit lands first.

The base numbers:

• Attack damage: 68 against 58 at level one, a ten-point gap that colours every early exchange.
• Health: 658 to 655, and 2,511 to 2,508 at level 18 — effectively identical, so that damage lead is never offset.
• Magic resistance: 36 against 32, which matters because Silver Stake delivers its bonus damage as magic.

Locke’s route back into the matchup runs through missing health: Silver Stake scales with it and Purgatory can execute, so disengaging while low is more dangerous than usual. Shadow Assault, with its invisibility and bonus move speed, is the correct way to break contact, because Talon’s 335 move speed sits below Locke’s 340 and a straight retreat loses ground. Assassin’s Path over terrain is the other reliable exit. Ashen Pursuit is a single commitment on his side and can be baited out first. Soul Ignition is his tempo button, granting attack speed and move speed at the cost of self-damage, which suits a champion who needs the fight to last. Full statlines sit on the Locke champion page.