Locke lands in League of Legends: LoL’s newest champion, the Ashen Exorcist arrives later this month

League of Legends’ newest Champion has been revealed as Locke lands in the Rift later this month. Unveiled on June 9 after a teaser cinematic on June 8, Locke, the Ashen Exorcist is the 173rd Champion added to LoL.

Set to release on June 24, alongside patch patch 26.13, Locke is being positioned as a high damage mid laner, set to hunt down opponents using his exorcist and hunter abilities. Here’s a full breakdown of Corvin Locke:

Locke, the Ashen Exorcist, arrives in League of Legends June 24

Born to a family of Demacian occults, Locke has dedicated his life to the eradication of demons evil and the occult. Here’s what Riot’s own lore writers have said about Locke:

“A nail-slinging exorcist versed in forbidden rites, Corvin Locke is the progeny of Demacian occultists. Born into lies and hypocrisy, he learned young that demons aren’t the cause of humanity’s darkness, but the consequence. Now, Locke tears through every soul, exposing its darkness, intent on making the world a more honest place... one exorcism at a time.”

Locke’s abilities are a combination, of course, of damage, a dash, and a stacking bonus damage of some kind, and big flashy ult.

Locke abilities:

Passive - Silver Stake

Locke pins enemies’ souls with his attacks dealing bonus magic damage On- Hit, increased based on enemy missing Health.

Q - Ritual Nails

Locke readies a set of Soul Nails to throw forward dealing magic damage, marking enemies hit. The nails apply a slow based on stacks. Attacking the enemy consumes the Soul Nails dealing magic damage per stack. Restores a portion of cooldown and mana for unspent Nails.

W - Soul Ignition

Locke releases his own seals gaining Move Speed decaying over time. While this effect is active, he suffers % health true damage per second but heals back a portion of damage taken plus an additional amount based on missing health and time passed. The seals remain unbound for a few seconds and can be Recast to end early.

E - Ashen Pursuit

Locke blinks to a location, dealing magic damage around him. After, his next attack dashes to his target dealing magic damage to all enemies in his path. Each of these hits consume Soul Nails. Cooldown resets on takedown.

R - Purgatory

Locke kicks a binding artifact to a location that opens on arrival, shooting chained Soul Nails at enemies in the area dealing magic damage and slowing. Marked Champions that are brought below a threshold are pulled inside and killed. If a Champion is executed, the duration of the binding is reset on other affected Champions. After a few seconds, the artifact seals itself and is left on the ground if a Champion was sealed. If Locke picks up the artifact, he permanently increases the execution threshold and refunds a portion of his current cooldown for each Champion sealed.

Overall, we could definitely see Locke making waves as soon as he joins the Rift officially, with exactly the balance of high damage and mobility that makes mid-lane assassins so dangerous. Releasing with a High Noon skin as well, Locke will land in League of Legends on June 24.