How to win lane as Locke against Yone · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He wants long brawls, you want short receipts — nail, blink, chunk, leave, and only stay when the execute floor says stay.
Track: Yone's E — Soul Unbound (22–10s cooldown). His burst window — survive it and punish the body he snaps back to.
Read from Locke's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yone.
| 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 | Even / skill | 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. Yone's spike is landing Q3 (the knock-up dash) into you, so respect his three-stack timer and back off the instant his Q icon shows the empowered ready-glow. If he whiffs Q3 or burns E to reposition, that's your window to land your poke chain and step him off the wave.
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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No sample yet — Locke vs Yone has no Emerald+ win-rate data for this patch; treat it as a skill matchup and play the plan below.
Yes — every one of the 7 stage windows in Locke vs Yone is a skill check.
Locke runs Electrocute · Sudden Impact · Sixth Sense · Ultimate Hunter · Bone Plating · Revitalize vs Yone.
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 Sorcerer's Shoes.
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Also played in: Top Lane