Champion sheet · Jungle

Locke

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

22.5%#18 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.9%picked in 1,867 of 27,194 games
Ban: 15.6%3,488 bans over 22,319 games, against 38.7% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle46.7% between 40.5% and 53.1% over 169 gamesSoloQ 46.1%: no clear gap

Median length29.6 minsoloQ 26.9 min

Amateur: 27,223 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 66% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 856,529 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 Jungle.DraftLength
How to play itDark Harvest, then Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compMap pressure first: more map pressure than 100% of junglers.Map pressureDuelistDamage
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.3%
SoloQ
0.6%
0.3% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.6% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
16.6%
SoloQ
38.7%
16.6% ban rate in amateur play over 13,367 games, against 38.7% in soloQ over 323,918 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.6 min
SoloQ
26.9 min
Median of 29.6 min in amateur play, against 26.9 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Dark Harvest, then Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesDark Harvest80% · 8,425

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite100% · 10,488

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 68 games

Core (3 legendaries)29% · 1,655

29%of soloQ games

Lich Bane
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass

Same in amateur play

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 100% of junglers.

Map pressuretop1%6.4 · junglers: 4.7
Takes its kills in duelstop12%27% · junglers: 20%
Team damagetop20%20% · junglers: 17%

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

What marks it

Map pressure
Duelist
Damage

Like other junglers

Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Absorbs damage
Crowd control (CC)
Invade

What it is not

Few teamfights
Carries its own kills
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 81 in lane, 52 in mid game and 32 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

408+24 vs 383

799+3 vs 796

972-84 vs 1,056

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

Lockejunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 89% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

6.4takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 81 of 100 among junglers408 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 52 of 100 among junglers799 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 32 of 100 among junglers972 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 92 of 100 among junglers+422 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 89 of 100 among junglers+544 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 100 of 100 among junglers6.4 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 26 of 100 among junglers576 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 6 of 100 among junglers45% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 89 of 100 among junglers27% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 17 of 100 among junglersrank 17 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 25 of 100 among junglers0.5 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 81 of 100 among junglers20% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 15 of 100 among junglers62 · median 66
Invade · rank 70 of 100 among junglers8% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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.