Wukong vs Locke Counter Pick

1,432 recorded jungle games is a substantial sample, and it puts Wukong at 59.2% on patch 16.13.1. Both champions move at 340, so neither side can simply walk away from a fight it does not want, and the skirmish tends to resolve through statistics rather than positioning. Locke starts with the deeper health pool, 655 to 610, and keeps it through level 18 at 2,508 against 2,293.

• Soul Ignition buys Locke attack speed and move speed by dealing damage to himself, healing back only a portion when the duration expires.
• Silver Stake adds magic damage on hit that grows with the target’s missing health, so Wukong’s 28 base magic resist matters more the longer he stays low.
• Purgatory deals damage that can execute, and rewards Locke for sealing champions away.

Wukong’s advantages are structural. He reaches 175 units to Locke’s 125, and Crushing Blow extends that further while cutting into 32 base armor and 103.4 at level 18. Stone Skin compounds his armor and health regeneration through drawn-out fights, which is exactly the shape of exchange Locke’s self-damage encourages him to take. Ashen Pursuit teleports before dashing to a target, so the danger is an opening burst rather than a long duel; the clone from Warrior Trickster absorbs that commitment and Nimbus Strike returns the distance. Difficulty runs 3 against 5. See Locke.