Warwick vs Locke Counter Pick

Warwick takes this top matchup at 61.1% across 198 games on patch 16.13.1, and the gap comes from a straight conflict over health thresholds. Silver Stake increases Locke’s on-hit magic damage the more health his target is missing, and Purgatory can execute what is left. Eternal Hunger is written to defeat that plan: Warwick’s attacks heal him for their bonus magic damage once he drops below 50% health, and the healing increases again below 25%. The lower he gets, the more the passive pays out, in exactly the range where Locke is supposed to be strongest.

Soul Ignition forces Locke to spend health for attack speed and move speed, recovering only part of it later, so he often reaches the decisive exchange already under the line where Blood Hunt starts working. That ability senses enemies below 50% health and grants move speed toward them plus attack speed against them. Locke’s physical damage meets 33 base armor rising to 107.8, while Warwick’s runs into 32 and 103.4. Locke does own the better health curve, 655 to 620 at level 1 and 2,508 to 2,303 at 18, along with 340 move speed against 335. What he lacks is any answer to a 1.5-second suppression from Infinite Duress once contact is made. Warwick’s profile: Warwick.