How to win the jungle race as Evelynn against Locke · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Evelynn's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Locke.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Danger — Avoid Locke | Do not be seen at the first buff: a stacked nail string into the blink-through consume deletes half a health bar. On top of that, Q nail volleys clear camps at range while banking marks for the first scuttle fight, so they get there first. Fight him at full marks-zero and punish the ten seconds after his blink — E is his only exit. Skip the level-1 crossing and farm the opposite quadrant until your spike lands. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Danger — Avoid Locke | Hard no-contest for Evelynn at level 2: the blink-auto mark consume chunks hard, but spending E in a duel spends the escape too, and a stacked nail string into the blink-through consume deletes half a health bar. Fight him at full marks-zero and punish the ten seconds after his blink — E is his only exit. Path opposite, ward your entrances, and let the clock carry you to your own spike. |
| Level 3 Route | Respect Locke | A stacked nail string into the blink-through consume deletes half a health bar — Evelynn has no answer to that at level 3. W's grey-health refund makes his short trades cheaper than they look — full clears cost him real HP on their half of the map too, so give up the level-3 river fight and answer the pressure cross-map. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Even — Farm & Track | Levels 4-5 vs Locke are a tempo war — he wants quiet farm into his 6; tax his camps, keep his marks off you at contests, and bank the gold lead his weak duel hands you. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Demon Shade Favoured | Demon Shade camouflage means you choose every post-6 fight — and they cannot. Purgatory executes anyone who fights below the floor inside his totem — 'almost dead' becomes dead — respect that one window, but the six-spike comparison favors you: take the post-6 duel whenever HP bars start even. |
| First Item Spike | Lich Bane / Shadowflame Spike | His Lich Bane spike is real: the blink-consume chunk one-shots chipped squishies. Respect the first-item window, then note his E is still a one-way door — punish every spent blink. Locke's first item makes the mark consume hit for a real chunk, which is when the blink stops being a poke tool. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Evelynn Favoured — Wins Late | Locke falls off relative to you — from two items on you win the raw stat check, even though his execute floor rises with every seal, so any low-health fight inside Purgatory is lost. Drag the game long and force the 1v1s. |
Standard start — his level-1 clear is ranged but mana-hungry and his duel is honest at best; you dictate the early tempo, not him. Locke clears at range with Ritual Nails and banks marks while doing it, so his first scuttle arrives with stacks up.
Ranked by the race windows in Evelynn's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Evelynn vs Locke report continues with scuttle & dragon rules, invade windows and safety boundaries, the top-side objective fight, macro rotations and the win condition — plus the live enemy-jungle tracker that shows their start, clear and gank timers in game.
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No clear favourite — Evelynn holds 3 windows, Locke 3, the rest are even.
Yes — Evelynn vs Locke plays as a skill matchup: the jungle race swings window to window, and the better first clear usually sets the tone.
Evelynn takes Electrocute on the Domination tree with Sudden Impact, Grisly Mementos and Relentless Hunter, and Sorcery secondary (Transcendence and Gathering Storm) vs Locke.
Start Gustwalker Hatchling + Health Potion and back for Dark Seal + Amplifying Tome — stay invisible to lanes' mental. Build Stormsurge first, then Lich Bane, with Sorcerer's Shoes.
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