Volibear vs Locke Counter Pick

Volibear’s 65.0% win rate across 254 games on patch 16.13.1 is a wide gap for a jungle duo, and it comes down to how the two kits clash. Locke’s Silver Stake draws strength from a target that is already wounded, scaling its on-hit magic damage with missing health, while Purgatory can finish a champion outright. Volibear’s healing works the other way: Frenzied Maul restores health on the second cast into a marked enemy, filling the exact window Locke’s kit depends on.

Soul Ignition makes this worse. Locke spends health to gain attack speed and move speed, then recovers only part of it when the effect expires, so he often reaches the key moment of a skirmish with less of the resource he needs. They begin nearly even at 650 health for Locke against 655 for Volibear, both on mana, but Locke finishes at 2,508 health at level 18 with just 103.4 armor, compared with Volibear’s 2,418 and 123.4, and Locke deals physical damage. Ashen Pursuit is his engage, a teleport combined with a dash, and once it is spent Thundering Smash is already charging, with the stun landing on the first attack after contact. Sky Splitter grants a shield whenever Volibear stands within his own lightning. Difficulty is rated 3 for Volibear and 5 for Locke, so the easier champion is also the one favored. The ability list for Locke covers how Ritual Nails consumes its marks.