How to win lane as Locke against Hwei · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
A stationary spell-battery vs a blink with an execute — survive the poke tax pre-6, then every low-HP recall becomes a Purgatory receipt.
Track: Hwei's E — Subject: Torment (CC Paints, 12–10s cooldown). All his crowd control lives on the E palette — dodge the fear/root and the burst never chains.
Read from Locke's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Hwei.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Locke | You win level 1 because Hwei has no early trade or escape and your poke beats his slow casts. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays yours since your second point lets you all-in before his combo layers. |
| Level 3 | Locke | Level 3 favours you as your CDs let you punish his long paint animations. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 you keep control of the wave and deny him free scaling. |
| Level 6 | Locke | At 6 your ult all-in beats his reactive disengage. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item you one-shot his squishy immobile frame. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | With two items you still catch him out with dashes he can't answer. |
Hwei is a purely immobile artillery mage and you outrange his reaction speed at levels 1-2, so you can walk up and poke every time he telegraphs a paint cast. Once you have your full poke pattern you out-trade Hwei every time he steps up to last-hit, since his QQ/QW take a beat to wind up and your dash sidesteps the telegraph.
The full Locke vs Hwei 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 — Locke vs Hwei has no Emerald+ win-rate data for this patch; Locke's plan below claims 3 of the 7 stage windows, so Locke sets the tempo.
Not exactly — Locke's plan claims 3 of the 7 stage windows, so Locke sets the lane's tempo.
Locke runs Electrocute · Sudden Impact · Sixth Sense · Ultimate Hunter · Bone Plating · Revitalize vs Hwei.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Sheen (≈900g) — the Spellblade pattern starts here. Build Lich Bane first, then Shadowflame / Mejai's (if sealing), with Mercury's Treads / Sorcerer's Shoes.
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