How to win lane as Locke against Yone · 50% win rate · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is pure last-hitting with no combat tools online, so neither of you holds an edge. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays even as Yone can't complete a knock-up combo yet and you have no kill pressure either. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is skill-based: his Q3-E threat exists but your poke answers it if you respect his stacks. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain a wash where trades hinge on whether he lands Q3 or you punish a whiff. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 hands Yone no advantage but doesn't yet flip either way until you prove you can time your interrupt. |
| First item | Locke | First item is your window because your ult is a clean answer to his all-in R, letting you win the 6+ commitment. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | With 2+ items Yone's dive scales back to even, so fights come down to skillful disable timing on his engage. |
Levels 1-2 are even farm; both of you are just last-hitting. Don't walk into minions where a stacked Q3 can knock you into his combo, and match his wave state so he can't freeze or crash on you.
The full Locke vs Yone 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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