Mid · 1,230 games · EUW

Locke

Mid · 84% of games Jungle · 10%Top · 4%Bot · 2%

Strongest when games end at 15–20 minutes (67%). On average ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes (+428 gold).

Win rate: 51.0%; ±2.8 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: B; #26 of 74
Pick rate: 11.2%; ban 39.4%
Games: 1,230; ranked solo/duo

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Locke mid wins 51.0% of 1,230 ranked games in EUW, rank 26 of 74 mid champions (tier B). Most players finish Lich Bane first, at about 11:12.

The build at a glance

What most Locke players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Lich Bane 11:18 · 94% · 1139 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes 12:06 · 81% of games

Item 2

Shadowflame 18:48 · 62% · 625 games

Item 3

Rabadon's Deathcap 24:06 · 41% · 170 games

Item 4

Zhonya's Hourglass 28:28 · 46% · 29 games

Item 5 · late game

Void Staff 32:06 · 15 of 57 games

Runes

Electrocute · Domination + Precision 18% of games · 57% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 97% of games · 51% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Ignite 77% of games · 51% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Ritual Nails first 65% of games · 52% wins Skill orders →

When Locke wins

Wins early, fades from 25 minutes

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′57% wins37% of games · 459

Lasts 25′ or more47% wins62% of games · 768

Lanes

Watch out for Yone, Yasuo, Twisted Fate

Hard Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Locke games

First Baron: 77% against 34%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 34% 77% +44

First tower 30% 67% +38

Rift Herald 38% 67% +29

First dragon 37% 63% +25

First blood 42% 59% +17

First Voidgrubs 46% 56% +10

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Locke plays

More multikills, more solo kills

What stands out (10% or more) against the average mid laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

More multikills a game1.69 against 0.78 · +117%

More solo kills a game2.7 against 1.9 · +41%

Fewer control wards a game0.43 against 0.61 · −30%

Fewer assists a game4.6 against 6.2 · −26%

More kill participation49% against 44% · +11%

About average: vision, share of team damage, damage.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~11:12

Item 2done ~18:30

Item 3done ~24:06

Item 4done ~28:42

Item 5done ~32:30

Item 6done ~35:24

Most common full builds

Lich Bane › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Rabadon's Deathcap 49.5%107 games

Lich Bane › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Zhonya's Hourglass 50.0%98 games

Lich Bane › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Zhonya's Hourglass › Rabadon's Deathcap 52.8%36 games

Lich Bane › Sorcerer's Shoes › Stormsurge › Rabadon's Deathcap 33.3%36 games

Lich Bane › Sorcerer's Shoes › Stormsurge › Zhonya's Hourglass 51.5%33 games

Lich Bane › Sorcerer's Shoes › Stormsurge › Shadowflame 60.7%28 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Bloodletter's Curse 62%65

Zhonya's Hourglass 57%100

Shadowflame 54%241

Banshee's Veil 53%15

Rabadon's Deathcap 52%132

Lich Bane 50%10

Stormsurge 46%87

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion50.8%1190

Dark Seal + Refillable Potion47.4%19

Doran's Ring + Dark Seal + Health Potion + Health Potion50.0%6

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes ~12:0650.9%1000

Mercury's Treads ~12:1251.0%102

Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~10:0650.0%64

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite51.1%949

Flash + Teleport50.6%267

Exhaust + Flash44.4%9

Skills

Max

E52.3%795

Max

W48.5%431

Start

W51.5%1086

Start

E38.9%72

Hard lanes

Watch out for Yone, Yasuo, Twisted Fate

Easy lanes

Good into Vex, Fizz, Azir

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Ahead at 15 against 31 of 38, wins 20 of them

Expected: what Locke's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (29)

Lucian 56% · 9

Taliyah 75% · 8

Mel 50% · 8

Gragas 63% · 8

Riven 29% · 7

Lux 57% · 7

Kennen 57% · 7

Cho'Gath 17% · 6

Kalista 33% · 6

Gwen 33% · 6

Aurelion Sol 40% · 5

Ambessa 40% · 5

Kog'Maw 40% · 5

Naafiri 0% · 5

Kayle 40% · 5

Pantheon 75% · 4

Viego 75% · 4

Sion 75% · 4

Singed 50% · 4

Tryndamere 75% · 4

Talon 50% · 4

Corki 75% · 4

Quinn 0% · 3

Ezreal 100% · 3

Zilean 100% · 3

Gangplank 67% · 3

Karthus 100% · 3

Heimerdinger 33% · 3

Master Yi 67% · 3

Locke vs Syndra · 75 games · Solid sample

Locke does worse than expected here

47%winsexpected 51%

+797gold at 15′average +428

−5.6minions at 10′ahead or behind

16%in on first bloodsolo kills +1.24 a game

Gold lead against Syndra Locke's average lead

Against Syndra, Locke is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 73% of games and wins 57% of those. When behind, Locke wins 15%.

Ahead at 15′57% wins54 games

Behind at 15′15% wins20 games

Full Locke vs Syndra page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies that cost Locke games: Gwen, Kha'Zix, Yunara, Pyke

Enemy top Trouble

Gwen35% · exp. 50% −1517 games

Jayce47% · exp. 55% −851 games

Mordekaiser39% · exp. 49% −1018 games

Easier

Pantheon67% · exp. 48% +1915 games

Garen68% · exp. 55% +1328 games

Ambessa64% · exp. 53% +1142 games

Enemy jungle Trouble

Kha'Zix38% · exp. 50% −1269 games

Ekko41% · exp. 54% −1334 games

Lee Sin42% · exp. 52% −1069 games

Easier

Sylas67% · exp. 51% +1530 games

Jarvan IV65% · exp. 52% +1354 games

Ivern68% · exp. 50% +1819 games

Enemy bot Trouble

Yunara41% · exp. 50% −978 games

Ezreal47% · exp. 56% −943 games

Lucian42% · exp. 50% −936 games

Easier

Smolder87% · exp. 55% +3215 games

Twitch67% · exp. 52% +1521 games

Aphelios62% · exp. 54% +858 games

Enemy support Trouble

Pyke36% · exp. 50% −1439 games

Nami38% · exp. 49% −1160 games

Lulu44% · exp. 50% −691 games

Easier

Rell64% · exp. 49% +1547 games

Karma64% · exp. 56% +850 games

Soraka62% · exp. 52% +1026 games

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies more than most mid laners

Before 14 minutes Locke dies 2.5 times a game (average 2.3). 45% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 48% for the average mid laner. 37% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.5deaths per game before 14′more than average (2.3)

45%involve the enemy junglerless than average (48%)

63%outnumbered (2+ enemies)less than average (66%)

61%with no teammate nearabout average (62%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Locke dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

Ganks: 21% in your half of mid. Collapses: 30% in your half of mid. 1-v-1s: 47% in your half of mid.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average mid laner

What kills Locke

Kind of death

Locke Average

Gank 45% (avg 48%)Collapse 18% (avg 19%)1-v-1 37% (avg 34%)

Who gets the kill

Locke Average

Bot laner 8% (avg 7%)Jungler 27% (avg 26%)Support 7% (avg 7%)Mid laner 53% (avg 55%)Top laner 5% (avg 5%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00 and 6:00–10:00, then every minute

Locke Peak Average mid laner

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Ward the river before 3:00 and 6:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Locke; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Locke wins fights

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of mid

Before 14 minutes: 4.1 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.4 in your half of mid. Overall 1.7 kills per death.

Their half of mid 2.3 K/D 1521 / 657

Your half of mid 0.4 K/D 443 / 994

Their half of bot lane 4.1 K/D 816 / 201

Their jungle 2.0 K/D 532 / 271

The bot-side river 1.9 K/D 503 / 266

Your jungle 1.3 K/D 331 / 256

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Locke wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsNo clear difference yetNear 26% of their team's dragon takes (average mid laner 27%). The team wins 66% when Locke is there and 70% when not.

Locke

What most Locke players run

Wins early, fades from 25 minutes

Watch out for Yone, Yasuo, Twisted Fate

First Baron: 77% against 34%

More multikills, more solo kills

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

Watch out for Yone, Yasuo, Twisted Fate

Good into Vex, Fizz, Azir

Ahead at 15 against 31 of 38, wins 20 of them

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Enemies that cost Locke games: Gwen, Kha'Zix, Yunara, Pyke

Teammates that change Locke's games

Dies more than most mid laners

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

What kills Locke

Ganks come at 3:00 and 6:00–10:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of mid

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of mid

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your jungle