How to win lane as Taliyah against Locke · 50% win rate · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — both of you are just setting up worked ground and last-hitting with no real all-in. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays a skill matchup since neither champion gains a decisive point of pressure yet. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is even: your full Q-W-E kit answers his, so trades come down to execution. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain a skill test where clean Q poke versus his tempo cancels out. |
| Level 6 | Locke | Level 6 favors Locke because his power spike beats your face-to-face all-in even though your map utility grows. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item is a skill wash — your waveclear-and-roam tempo offsets his dueling in a near-even lane. |
| Two+ items | Locke | With 2+ items Locke edges the sustained fight, so the extended late-game exchange leans his way. |
Levels 1-2 read as pure skill: neither of you snowballs the opening exchanges, so lay worked ground, last-hit cleanly, and don't throw first blood into an unknown-tempo trade.
The full Taliyah vs Locke 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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