How to win lane as Locke against Hwei · 50% win rate · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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 | Locke | 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 | Locke | 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 | Locke | First item you one-shot his squishy immobile frame. |
| Two+ items | Locke | 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.
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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