Champion sheet · Mid

Locke

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

18.9%#33 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.6%picked in 431 of 6,488 games
Ban: 12.3%398 bans over 3,246 games, against 39.1% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid54.8% between 50.7% and 58.9% over 394 gamesSoloQ 50.2%: clear gap

Median length27.7 minsoloQ 27.2 min

Amateur: 6,491 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 336,200 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.Win rateDraft
How to play itElectrocute, then Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compMap pressure first: more map pressure than 98% of mid laners.Map pressureDuelistDamageSplit-push
With / againstBetter than expected against Jarvan IV in amateur play: +15.8 pts over 49 games, range above zero.+15.8 pt49 games
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

Win rateWins more in amateur play
Amateur
54.8%
SoloQ
50.2%
54.8% win rate in amateur play over 394 games, against 50.2% in soloQ over 34,498 games.
DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
3.2%
SoloQ
4.5%
3.2% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 4.5% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
12.9%
SoloQ
39.1%
12.9% ban rate in amateur play over 1,886 games, against 39.1% in soloQ over 129,307 games.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Electrocute, then Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesElectrocute84% · 28,972

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite87% · 29,965

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 81 games

Core (3 legendaries)22% · 3,633

22%of soloQ games

Lich Bane
Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap

Amateur: Lich Bane, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass (22%), gap not settled

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Map pressure first: more map pressure than 98% of mid laners.

Map pressuretop2%5.4 · mid laners: 3.2
Takes its kills in duelstop6%29% · mid laners: 23%
Team damagetop17%24% · mid laners: 21%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

Map pressure
Duelist
Damage
Split-push

Like other mid laners

Damage in mid game
Absorbs damage
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

Few teamfights
Carries its own kills
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 76 in lane, 26 in mid game and 20 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

575+47 vs 528

850-49 vs 899

1,069-110 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Lockemid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 95% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

5.4takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 76 of 100 among mid laners575 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 26 of 100 among mid laners850 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 20 of 100 among mid laners1,069 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 97 of 100 among mid laners+544 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 95 of 100 among mid laners+779 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 98 of 100 among mid laners5.4 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 58 of 100 among mid laners562 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 8 of 100 among mid laners49% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 94 of 100 among mid laners29% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 3 of 100 among mid lanersrank 3 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 37 of 100 among mid laners0.5 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 83 of 100 among mid laners24% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Jarvan IV in amateur play: +15.8 pts over 49 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Ornn60.6% · expected 56.8% · 33 g+3.8 ptSoloQ +0.3

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV71.4% · expected 55.6% · 49 g+15.8 ptSoloQ +1.9

Midgap to expected

Viktor58.1% · expected 54.2% · 43 g+3.9 ptSoloQ +3.8

ADCgap to expected

Jinx66.7% · expected 56.8% · 33 g+9.8 ptSoloQ +1.4

Kai'Sa62.8% · expected 57.8% · 43 g+5.0 ptSoloQ +1.0

Supportgap to expected

Milio56.8% · expected 55.1% · 37 g+1.6 ptSoloQ +2.7

Nautilus51.4% · expected 51.2% · 37 g+0.2 ptSoloQ +0.1

With

Topgap to expected

Sion65.6% · expected 56.2% · 32 g+9.4 ptSoloQ +0.7

Ornn53.7% · expected 52.8% · 41 g+0.8 ptSoloQ -0.9

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV54.2% · expected 54.0% · 48 g+0.1 ptSoloQ +0.7

ADCgap to expected

Ezreal59.4% · expected 53.6% · 32 g+5.7 ptSoloQ +1.1

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus64.7% · expected 58.4% · 34 g+6.3 ptSoloQ -1.1

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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