How to win lane as Aurelion Sol against Locke · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
You are his favourite food pre-6 — play like it. Tower-hug, stack quietly, and let R + items end the bullying.
Track: Locke's Q — Ritual Nails (10–6s cooldown). The nail marks are his whole engine — without 2-3 stacks on you his blink-in barely dents; sidestep the recasts and punish the ten seconds of nothing.
Read from Aurelion Sol's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Locke.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Locke's early kit wins the level-1 trade before your stars are stacked, clearly their window |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is an even skill matchup with neither kit holding a clean advantage |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 remains an even skill matchup decided by wave management and cooldowns |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay even for the same reason, no hard kit edge either direction |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is even since both ultimates unlock together with no clear counter relationship |
| First item | Aurelion Sol | Your first-item spike gives you the first real damage edge of the lane, favoring you |
| Two+ items | Aurelion Sol | Your fully scaled stars and global ultimate outclass their kit's lack of a late-game spike |
Level 1 favors Locke since their kit outtrades your unstacked stars in the opening exchanges, but from level 2 through 5 the lane becomes a genuine skill matchup with neither side holding a clean kit edge, so focus on clean wave management and cooldown tracking rather than assuming favor either way. Track Locke Ritual Nails (Marks): matchup-defining — The nail marks are his whole engine — without 2-3 stacks on you his blink-in barely dents; sidestep the recasts and punish the ten seconds of nothing. Track it before every step-up.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Aurelion Sol's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Aurelion Sol vs Locke report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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No sample yet — Aurelion Sol vs Locke has no Emerald+ win-rate data for this patch; Aurelion Sol's plan below claims 2 of the 7 stage windows, so Aurelion Sol sets the tempo.
Not exactly — Aurelion Sol's plan claims 2 of the 7 stage windows, so Aurelion Sol sets the lane's tempo.
Aurelion Sol takes Arcane Comet on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Locke.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his sustain. Build Rod of Ages first, then Archangel's Staff, with Sorcerer's Shoes / Mercury's Treads.
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