Kled vs Locke — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Kled against Locke · 53.99% win rate over 363 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Kled is favoured — Kled owns 7 of the 7 game windows. Kled wins 53.99% of games vs Locke in top lane (363 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1KledYour level-1 Q pull and Skaarl's second health bar bully him outright.
Level 2KledYou control level 2 with Q range and W attack-speed trades.
Level 3KledYour W shred and E dash-dodge win the level-3 all-in — his new dash included.
Levels 4-5KledThrough 4-5 you out-trade him with the W steroid and two health bars.
Level 6KledYour level-6 R and remount survive his execute and out-sustain his grey-health W trades.
First itemKledYour first-item on-hit spike walls his burst behind your HP pool.
Two+ itemsKledTwo health bars and remount sustain win every late fight.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Rare treat: you win every single stage of this. Level 1 Bear Trap plus Skaarl's second health bar bullies him outright, and Violent Tendencies trades at 2 through 5 come out ahead every time — your E dash even dodges the engage his level-3 dash tries to force. Trade on every cooldown and make the lane unlivable.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Kled 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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