Tryndamere vs Locke Counter Pick

Locke’s kit asks him to spend his own health for tempo — Soul Ignition trades self-damage for bonus attack speed and movement, refunding part of the cost only when the duration ends — and Tryndamere’s kit asks him to be as wounded as possible, since Bloodlust raises attack damage the lower his health falls. The champion who profits from a long, bloody exchange is the one paying no upkeep. Patch 16.13.1 shows 57.6% for Tryndamere over 420 games.

Range and resistances stay close: 175 against 125, 33 base armor against 32, 696 base health against 655, 2,532 against 2,508 at level 18. Both deal physical damage, so both want armor and neither gets a free itemisation angle. The decisive difference is the ultimate. Purgatory can execute a damaged target, but Undying Rage prevents death outright for its duration, so the standard assassin finish arrives at precisely the wrong moment. Ashen Pursuit teleports before dashing, giving Locke a strong exit once his burst is spent, and Mocking Shout answers it by slowing anyone with their back turned. Silver Stake is the hidden tax: magic damage on hit that grows with missing health, landing on 32 base magic resistance at exactly the moment Bloodlust has taken Tryndamere low, so pure armor stacking leaves a hole. With both champions rated 5 for difficulty, Spinning Slash held for the chase rather than the engage is what converts a survived all-in into a kill.