Taliyah vs Locke Counter Pick

Four hundred units of attack range separate these two. Taliyah casts Threaded Volley from 525 range and keeps moving while she does it; Locke has to reach 125 range before Silver Stake begins adding on-hit magic damage that grows with missing health. Ashen Pursuit gives him a teleport followed by a dash, but it is a single entry tool, and Unraveled Earth is built to punish exactly that pattern, since enemies who dash through the minefield detonate the mines and are stunned. Across 175 games on patch 16.13.1 Taliyah holds a 56.6% win rate, and the matchup grades out as Easy.

The damage split decides the shopping. Locke is physical, and Taliyah opens on 18 armour, one of the thinnest starts in the game, reaching only 97.9 at level 18, so an early defensive component is worth more than extra ability haste. Her 550 base health against his 655 means a straight trade is lost before it begins, and Purgatory can execute her outright once she is low. Rock Surfing is the correction: bonus move speed near walls, which jungle terrain supplies constantly, while Weaver’s Wall converts that same terrain into a rotation or an exit. His 340 base move speed against her 330 makes running through open ground the wrong option. The full kit sits on the Taliyah champion page.