r/Locke_Mains

With the introduction of Locke I've been in theory craft mode and as an Ekko/Yone 2TP he fits my pool easily. Wanted to know when we'd get the discord and what are some build/rune pages were looking forward to using.

These are some of mine

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After a lot of experimentation with different runes I think lock has a lot of synergy with hail of blades and a really strong level 2 and 3 trading pattern.
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Locke will get bonus damage with every nail on auto, it doesnt have to be 3 autos thats if u want burst but for all in damage lock has roughly 600 damage(not accounting for resistances) at level 1 with hail of blades, if you q auto q auto q auto. At level 2 the idea is obvious, jump onto them with e and q auto q auto q auto for nearly 700 damage(not accounting for resistances) before backing off. This is stronger at level 3 with w attack speed steroid and healing. This also allows for you to back off earlier if you want to and save mana by not using all of your qs. And it sets up a future all in with ignite and passive missing health damage. Late game while you still want to play for 3qs for maximum burst the extra autos still allows for a lot of damage.

If you have to build a mana item it seems like actualizer would be strong. Just spitballing here but maybe lost chapter rush into lich bane -> finish actualizer -> rabbadons -> voidstaff?

Okay, I feel this is going to be the controversial one. How are we feeling about this?

I like the kit as a whole but I feel this is going to be the thing that tips him over from strong to being frustrating to play against.

He's got a bunch of unique, rule bending aspects on his W and R already so I feel like the resets are unnecessary and ultimately just going to get the more unique aspects of his kit nerfed.

Now that his kit is out, do u think he will be alble to be a jungler?

His E being pretty much the exact same dash -> next auto warps you to target.

His W is essentially an HP rewind like an Ekko R without an explosion, the MS from this ability is like Ekko passive too.

His Q is less similar but is also a wave clearing projectile that applies stacks.

And his R is a lobbed projectile like Ekko W, dealing damage instead of stunning and shielding.

Very excited for this champion but I just hope he doesn’t have anything too frustrating in his kit to the point that he gets the Mel treatment

So hype.

Seeing as to how Locke has some auto attack based gameplay loop in his passive, I would think that Locke would have some small AD scaling in his kit, similar to Akali.

However, it is also highly possible that he just scale purely with AP similar to Ekko.

What do you guys think?