Bruiser Locke Build

Bruiser Locke Build.

Bruiser Locke build with runes and items. Bruiser Locke guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Bruiser Locke build in League of Legends Patch 26.14!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Tiamat should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Locke ability Ritual Nails should be leveled first.
Q
Locke ability Ashen Pursuit should be leveled second.
E
Locke ability Soul Ignition should be leveled third.
W
Final items
Plated Steelcaps should be final item in your build.
Titanic Hydra should be final item in your build.
Thornmail should be final item in your build.
Warmog's Armor should be final item in your build.
Sunfire Aegis should be final item in your build.
Force of Nature should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Grasp of the Undying from Resolve tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Mark as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Bruiser Locke Runes

Resolve
Resolve major tree Grasp of the Undying rune.
Resolve major tree Aftershock rune.
Resolve major tree Guardian rune.
Resolve major tree Demolish rune.
Resolve major tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve major tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve major tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve major tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve major tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve major tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve major tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve major tree Unflinching rune.
Precision
Precision minor tree Absorb Life rune.
Precision minor tree Triumph rune.
Precision minor tree Presence of Mind rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Alacrity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Haste rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Bloodline rune.
Precision minor tree Coup de Grace rune.
Precision minor tree Cut Down rune.
Precision minor tree Last Stand rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

How it works

  1. You play as Bruiser stacking HP, auto attacking and rushing one specific item. You adapt to enemy team, building tanky items.
  2. You rush Titanic Hydra.
  3. Titanic Hydra can be your only damage item. Then go full tank.
  4. Your auto attacks are quite powerful, thanks to Titanic Hydra and Grasp of the Undying. It's your main source of damage + your abilities.

Playstyle

  1. 🐉

    Rush Titanic Hydra early - it is your core item and defines the build.

  2. ⚔️

    Play aggressive and look for opportunities to stack Grasp of the Undying and to activate your Titanic Hydra.

  3. 💪

    Stack HP and adapt to the enemy team - build Armor, MR or shields/sustain as needed.

How to play

Bruiser Locke

  1. Silver Stake (Passive) still deals OK bonus magic damage even when building off-meta.
  1. This build is focused on a single item - Titanic Hydra.
  2. How is this build different to other bruisers builds? The main difference is item rush order. You rush Titanic Hydra first, then adapt to the situation!
  3. Remember to consume your Grasp of the Undying procs!
  4. A very effective way of poking enemies is to use Titanic Hydra Active and hit minions in front of them (closer to them, better the effect).

Items

  1. If you want to go more damage, Sundered Sky is an excellent damage item for this build. It scales off your HP (so with Grasp, Overgrowth). It gives damage and pretty good sustain in fights. Remember to switch targets to maximize the effect!

Adaptation

  1. 👊 If ahead, consider adding a second damage item to snowball.
  2. 🏰 If behind, focus purely on being frontline with Titanic Hydra as your only damage.
  3. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.

Tips and Tricks

Champion

Soul Ignition
Soul Ignition (W)

  1. The heal at the end is based on damage taken, so activate it right before a trade starts, not after it’s over. The movement speed is also good for dodging skillshots.
  2. You can cast it while under CC.
  3. Soul Ignition (W) gives you Attack Speed and Move Speed, but it costs you health. Save the activation for when you are going all in - the end-of-duration heal rewards you for fighting through it.

Ashen Pursuit
Ashen Pursuit (E)

  1. If you get a champion takedown while it’s active, the cooldown resets and you can cast it again even though it’s already active.

Purgatory
Purgatory (R)

  1. Every champion you execute with Purgatory (R) makes you permanently stronger. Prioritize securing kills with it.

Skill Order

  • Locke [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Ritual Nails
  • Locke [object Object] ability.
    W
    Soul Ignition
  • Locke [object Object] ability.
    E
    Ashen Pursuit
  • Locke [object Object] ability.
    R
    Purgatory

Items

Starting items
Tiamat item.
Rush #1
Titanic Hydra item.
Boots
Gluttonous Greaves item.
Plated Steelcaps item.
Mercury's Treads item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Good bruiser items
Heartsteel item.
Wit's End item.
Sterak's Gage item.
Titanic Hydra item.
Death's Dance item.
Sundered Sky item.
Blade of The Ruined King item.
Black Cleaver item.
Good tanky items
Warmog's Armor item.
Fimbulwinter item.
Overlord's Bloodmail item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Good MR items
Spirit Visage item.
Abyssal Mask item.
Hollow Radiance item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Force of Nature item.
Good Armor items
Thornmail item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Unending Despair item.
Frozen Heart item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Situational items
Knight's Vow item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Wrath item.
Example final build
Plated Steelcaps item.
Titanic Hydra item.
Thornmail item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Force of Nature item.