Locke
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions- Pick
- 6.9%picked in 1,866 of 27,189 games
- Ban
- 15.6%3,487 bans over 22,315 games, against 38.7% in soloQ
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 tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.Draft
- How to play itElectrocute, then Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compTakes its kills in duels first: more duels than 83% of top laners.DuelistSplit-push
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftNot enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
What changes in tournaments?
2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.0%
- SoloQ
- 0.2%
- DraftBanned less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 16.6%
- SoloQ
- 38.7%
Not enough games to judge: win rate, length, and core.
How to play it?
Electrocute, then Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesElectrocute63% · 2,170
SpellsFlash + Ignite83% · 2,889- Lich Bane
- Shadowflame
- Zhonya's Hourglass
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Takes its kills in duels first: more duels than 83% of top laners.
- Takes its kills in duelstop17%33% · top laners: 28%
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners
What marks it
- Duelist
- Split-push
Like other top laners
- Crowd control (CC)
- Team damage
What it is not
- Few teamfights
- No poke
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Not measured: the fact is not validated by the draft review.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 84% of top laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among top laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Gold at 15 min · rank 94 of 100 among top laners+562 · median +119
- Gold at 20 min · rank 84 of 100 among top laners+649 · median +100
- Absorbs damage · rank 23 of 100 among top laners533 · median 970
- Plays teamfights · rank 16 of 100 among top laners49% · median 53%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 83 of 100 among top laners33% · median 28%
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 26 of 100 among top laners0.5 · median 0.8
- Team damage · rank 46 of 100 among top laners20% · median 20%
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.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
Ban it or pick it?
Not enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.2%2,969 picks of 1,713,040ban 38.7% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.0%17 picks of 34,524ban 16.6% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%0 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
26.9% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as TopNot enough series yet: published from 30.