Locke vs Aurelion Sol — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Locke against Aurelion Sol · 50% win rate · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Locke is favoured — Locke owns 2 of the 7 game windows to Aurelion Sol's 1. Locke wins 50% of games vs Aurelion Sol in mid lane.

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillBoth farming with no engage at 1 keeps it even skill.
Level 2Even / skillAt 2 it's still a stackless poke exchange with no all-in — even.
Level 3LockeAt 3 you out-trade his immobile, stackless early, favoring you.
Levels 4-5Even / skillThrough 4-5 his farm scaling catches up, evening the trades again.
Level 6LockeYour level 6 all-in beats his pre-stack R zoning, favoring you.
First itemEven / skillAt first item his stacks close the gap and trades even back out.
Two+ itemsAurelion SolWith two-plus items his stacked Q and giant ult out-scale you.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 are even but pressured — Aurelion Sol just wants to farm and stack, so contest CS and poke his short-range Q channel while he can't fight back. Don't let him free-farm comfortably, because every stack is late-game power.

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The full Locke vs Aurelion Sol 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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