Vi vs Locke Counter Pick

With 1,433 games logged on patch 16.13.1 this is a well-populated result: Vi at 58.8%. Both champions fight at 125 attack range, both start with 655 health, both deal physical damage and both move at 340, so the differences that decide it are narrow and specific.

Locke’s kit is built on windows. Soul Ignition grants attack speed and movement speed while damaging him, healing part of it back only when the duration ends, and Silver Stake scales its on-hit magic damage with the target’s missing health. Both reward a fight that runs long. Cease and Desist does the opposite, locking a single target down immediately and knocking aside anyone in the way, which removes the ramp Locke needs.

Denting Blows breaks armor and grants attack speed, and his 103.4 armor at level 18 is the lower of the two against 109.9, so the physical exchange trends toward Vi as items arrive. Blast Shield charges passively and triggers on any ability hit, absorbing a share of the self-damage he takes to power up. His answers are Ashen Pursuit, a teleport into a dash, and Purgatory, which can execute outright, so a wounded Enforcer cannot simply walk away from a clash she is winning. Both spend mana, and his 58 base attack damage sits under her 63. Difficulty ratings read 5 against 4.