Locke
Computed from 193,066 ranked Solo/Duo games collected through the Riot API · patch 26.21.
| Role | Win Rate | Pick Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Jungle | 45.5% | 0.8% |
| Mid | 48.5% | 5.9% |
Locke is banned in about 21.7% of games at this tier, one figure for the whole champion since bans happen before roles are picked. What ban rate measures.
Locke's Mid win rate is 1.5 percentage points below an even 50% — Should I Dodge's win-probability model varies by about 4.8 percentage points of standard deviation from lobby to lobby across all ranks, purely from which champions get drawn, so this gap is smaller than that noise, not solid evidence the champion is unusually strong or weak right now.
Locke is tracked in 2 roles at this tier scope; the per-tier, threat, and counters reporting below all use its highest-pick-rate role, Mid — its numbers in Jungle (0.8% pick rate) stay visible in the table above but aren't carried into the rest of this page.
Locke's Mid Build
In Emerald+ games on patch 26.22 (including games from other ranks or the previous patch, as Emerald+ on this patch alone had too few), Locke's most common Mid setup runs Flash and Ignite with Electrocute, maxes Q first, and builds Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Mejai's Soulstealer — 10.4% win rate over 12 games.
- Summoner spells
Flash + Ignite
14.2%10 games - Runes
Electrocute + Resolve
15.2%5 games - Skill priority Q > E > W 26.2%5 games
- Starter
Doran's Ring + Health Potion ×2
14.4%11 games - Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes
15.8%8 games - First three items
Lich Bane → Shadowflame → Mejai's Soulstealer
72.1%5,578 games
Locke's Mid Win Rate By Tier
| Tier | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Games | Edge (noise-widths) | Clears 0.5σ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron | 47.6% | 5.3% | 12,915 | 0.32σ | No |
| Bronze | 46.6% | 5.1% | 15,748 | 0.56σ | Yes |
| Silver | 47.9% | 5.4% | 20,817 | 0.36σ | No |
| Gold | 48.7% | 5.8% | 25,311 | 0.24σ | No |
| Platinum | 49.0% | 6.4% | 29,815 | 0.21σ | No |
| Emerald | 49.5% | 7.0% | 25,709 | 0.11σ | No |
| Diamond | 49.9% | 7.6% | 25,551 | 0.01σ | No |
| Master | 49.7% | 8.4% | 13,780 | 0.07σ | No |
| Grandmaster | 49.0% | 9.6% | 1,033 | 0.14σ | No |
| Challenger | 47.4% | 10.7% | 249 | 0.22σ | No |
Locke's Mid win rate ranges from 46.6% at Bronze to 49.9% at Diamond across the 10 of 10 ranked tiers with at least 200 games in this role — a 3.4-point spread. Measured against each tier's own noise floor, that's 0.01σ at Diamond and 0.56σ at Bronze, with only the Bronze figure clearing the 0.5σ bar Should I Dodge itself requires before calling a reading anything but Neutral.
- Power curve
- No strong lean
- Threats
- None of the seven we track
Curated reads, not measured: how we judge these
Who Counters Locke in Mid?
Champions That Counter Locke
| Champion | Win Rate vs Locke | Edge (noise-widths) |
|---|---|---|
Teemo |
58.9% | 1.86σ |
Draven |
57.8% | 1.64σ |
Mordekaiser |
57.8% | 1.64σ |
Sion |
57.4% | 1.56σ |
Shen |
57.1% | 1.48σ |
Champions Locke Counters
| Champion | Win Rate vs Locke | Edge (noise-widths) |
|---|---|---|
Ashe |
42.8% | 1.50σ |
Jarvan IV |
43.0% | 1.46σ |
Caitlyn |
45.1% | 1.02σ |
Rumble |
45.5% | 0.95σ |
Miss Fortune |
45.9% | 0.86σ |
At most five champions are listed in each direction for Locke: 5 listed as countering it here, 5 it counters back, with a tight, 2-point spread — none of them stand out much from the others among them — most matchups you could actually face in a real game simply aren't covered.