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Locke Build

Support Tier 2

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 1,721 gamesUpdated

46.1%win rate0.1%pick25.0%ban

Who counters Locke

How to build Locke

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

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

41.3% win rate 17% of games 155 games
RunesDominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactGrisly MementosTreasure HunterPrecisionCut DownTriumph36% of games
SpellsFlashIgniteFlash + Ignite92%
Skills
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Ritual Nails
14578
Soul Ignition
314151718
Ashen Pursuit
29101213
Purgatory
61116
StartWorld AtlasHealth PotionHealth PotionWorld Atlas, Health Potion, Health Potion
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Best ADCs for Locke

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

Worst ADCs for Locke

Who Locke has the worst 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.

46.1%win rate
Patch 26.20: 46.2% over 3,954 gamesPatch 26.21: 46.1% over 1,721 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
42.9%at Emerald+
0.1%pick rate
25.0%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
53.5%under 22 min
45.0%over 32 min

Locke Support gets worse as the elo rises. 46.1% across Silver and above, but 42.9% once you look at Emerald and up. Sites that only sample high elo will show you the second number. Both are real; which one applies depends on the games you are actually playing.

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 30–35m
MASTER+
Locke champion portraitS Locke+Jhin champion portraitB JhinvsNautilus champion portraitS Nautilus+Yasuo champion portraitB Yasuo
11 / 9 / 15

Build

Celestial OppositionSorcerer's Shoes|Lich Bane→Zhonya's Hourglass

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

QEWQQRQEQEREWW
Loss 25–30m
MASTER+
Locke champion portraitS Locke+Varus champion portraitB VarusvsKarma champion portraitS Karma+Xayah champion portraitB Xayah
3 / 8 / 6

Build

Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeSorcerer's Shoes|Lich Bane→Stormsurge

Spells & runes

IgniteFlash|

Skills

QEWQQRQEQERE
Loss 30–35m
MASTER+
Locke champion portraitS Locke+Karthus champion portraitB KarthusvsSenna champion portraitS Senna+Hwei champion portraitB Hwei
7 / 7 / 6

Build

Celestial OppositionSorcerer's Shoes|Stormsurge→Shadowflame

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

QEWQQRQEQEREEW

Runes

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

Most popular 46.8% win rate · 36% of games · 481 games
DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactGrisly MementosTreasure Hunter
PrecisionCut DownTriumph
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health
Runner up 45.6% win rate · 28% of games · 375 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 + Ignite92%45.8%1,644 games
  • ExhaustFlashExhaust + Flash4%44.6%74 games

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

Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes72%Mercury's Treads9%Boots of Swiftness8%
Sorcerer's Shoes most often · 44.8% win rate
Support item
Zaz'Zak's Realmspike56%Celestial Opposition30%Bloodsong6%
Zaz'Zak's Realmspike most often · 45.5% win rate

Locke build

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

  1. Zhonya's Hourglass1st
  2. Shadowflame2nd
  3. Lich Bane3rd
6% of games that reach a third item take this path46.2% win rate52 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Locke →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 1,747 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Sorcerer's ShoesSorcerer's Shoes
70% · 44.8% win rate
Mercury's TreadsMercury's Treads
9% · 45.0% win rate
Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
8% · 55.9% win rate
BootsBoots
5% · 46.3% win rate
No bootsNo boots
3% · 38.2% win rate
Ionian Boots of LucidityIonian Boots of Lucidity
3% · 51.0% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Lich Bane›Shadowflame+Sorcerer's Shoes7% of games · 33.0% win rate · 115 games
  2. Lich Bane+Sorcerer's Shoes6% of games · 41.9% win rate · 105 games
  3. Lich Bane›Stormsurge+Sorcerer's Shoes4% of games · 46.2% win rate · 78 games
  4. Shadowflame›Lich Bane+Sorcerer's Shoes2% of games · 38.1% win rate · 42 games
  5. Lich Bane+Boots2% of games · 48.7% win rate · 39 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 ADCs 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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