Best Locke & Key characters

318 duels later, Bode Locke is still #1 in the Locke family ranking, with Duncan Locke close behind.

Bode Locke wins 73% of his duels and holds 1290 ELO points after 15 duels, putting him 64 points ahead of Duncan Locke in second place. Duncan himself scores 1226 points with a 60% win rate across 15 duels, showing strong support from the community. Tyler Locke secures third with 1201 points, trailing Duncan by 25 points despite winning only 46% of his 13 duels. The biggest gap appears between fourth and fifth: Kinsey Locke edges out her mother Nina Locke by 99 ELO points, the widest separation in the ranking. Kinsey sits at 1191 points with a 36% win rate over 14 duels, while Nina languishes at the bottom with 1092 points. Despite landing last, Nina still wins 31% of her duels, showing she has her defenders even as the family's least favored member in this vote.

The ranking draws from 318 duels across 44 players who weighed in on their favorite member of the Locke family. With 5 contenders in total, the vote reflects divided opinions across the household. Updated on 12 October 2026, this TopList remains open: cast your vote in head-to-head duels and reshape the ranking as the community's preferences evolve.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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