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Locke Build

Bot Tier 2

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 968 gamesUpdated

47.7%win rate0.0%pick25.0%ban

Who counters Locke

How to build Locke

Sorcerer's Shoes→Lich Bane→Shadowflame→Zhonya's Hourglass

Sorcerer's Shoes → Lich Bane → Shadowflame → Zhonya's Hourglass

45.7% win rate 17% of games 129 games
RunesDominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactGrisly MementosTreasure HunterPrecisionCut DownTriumph37% of games
SpellsFlashIgniteFlash + Ignite70%
Skills
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Ritual Nails
14578
Soul Ignition
314151718
Ashen Pursuit
29101213
Purgatory
61116
StartDoran's RingHealth PotionHealth PotionDoran's Ring, Health Potion, Health Potion
Full Locke build →

Best supports for Locke

Who Locke has the best record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Each pairing is weighed by the games behind it, so a lucky handful cannot top either list.

Pairings are only half a team. Team Comp Tuesdays builds full five-champion compositions around picks like this.

47.7%win rate
Patch 26.20: 46.4% over 2,421 gamesPatch 26.21: 47.7% over 968 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
53.4%at Emerald+
0.0%pick rate
25.0%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
55.7%under 22 min
46.3%over 32 min

Locke Bot gets better as the elo rises. 47.7% across Silver and above, and 53.4% at Emerald and up. It rewards players who know the matchup.

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. All 10 games from Master and above.

Loss 20–25m
MASTER+
Locke champion portraitB Locke+Nautilus champion portraitS NautilusvsJinx champion portraitB Jinx+Lulu champion portraitS Lulu
3 / 5 / 3

Build

Boots|Lich Bane→Shadowflame

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

QEWQQRQEQER
Win 20–25m
MASTER+
Locke champion portraitB Locke+Janna champion portraitS JannavsKog'Maw champion portraitB Kog'Maw+Nami champion portraitS Nami
11 / 0 / 3

Build

Sorcerer's Shoes|Lich Bane→Shadowflame→Zhonya's Hourglass

Spells & runes

IgniteFlash|

Skills

QEWQQRQEQEREEWW
Loss 25–30m
MASTER+
Locke champion portraitB Locke+Pyke champion portraitS PykevsZiggs champion portraitB Ziggs+Maokai champion portraitS Maokai
15 / 11 / 5

Build

Sorcerer's Shoes|Lich Bane→Shadowflame→Rabadon's Deathcap→Void Staff

Spells & runes

IgniteFlash|

Skills

QEWQQRQEQEREEW

Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 53.1% win rate · 37% of games · 286 games
DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactGrisly MementosTreasure Hunter
PrecisionCut DownTriumph
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health
Runner up 36.7% win rate · 26% of games · 196 games
DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactSixth SenseUltimate Hunter
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite70%46.0%704 games
  • ExhaustFlashExhaust + Flash10%50.0%102 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes82%Mercury's Treads8%Boots of Swiftness5%
Sorcerer's Shoes most often · 49.1% win rate

Locke build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

  1. Zhonya's Hourglass1st
  2. Lich Bane2nd
  3. Shadowflame3rd
7% of games that reach a third item take this path48.1% win rate54 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Locke →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 1,002 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Sorcerer's ShoesSorcerer's Shoes
79% · 49.2% win rate
Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads
8% · 38.2% win rate
Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
5% · 47.8% win rate
BootsBoots
3% · 46.7% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Lich Bane›Shadowflame+Sorcerer's Shoes6% of games · 46.4% win rate · 56 games
  2. Lich Bane+Sorcerer's Shoes3% of games · 54.5% win rate · 33 games
  3. Lich Bane›Stormsurge+Sorcerer's Shoes3% of games · 27.3% win rate · 33 games
  4. Zhonya's Hourglass›Shadowflame›Lich Bane+Sorcerer's Shoes3% of games · 36.7% win rate · 30 games
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Locke against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Locke's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number. The best and worst supports are ranked the same way, against Locke's average instead of 50%.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Every ranked game we read this patch adds its finished items here, boots aside. Items are listed in the order they sit in the inventory, which isn't always the order they were bought: a finished item takes the slot its first part was in.

Compare a win rate only with the other picks in its own slot. A fifth item mostly shows up in long games, and those skew toward the team that was already ahead, so late slots run hot whatever sits in them. A row needs 30 games before it shows up at all.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

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