How to win lane as Locke against Akali · 47.4% win rate (2,154 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
A poke war you enter at 125 range — pay the toll early, then one blink turns her kite into a coffin the moment the nails land.
Track: Akali's W — Twilight Shroud (20–16s cooldown). Untargetable inside — hold your CC and burst for when she exits.
Read from Locke's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Akali.
This is Locke's own plan; across 2,154 pooled games the lane is leaning Akali.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — Akali's energy cost caps her early poke. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays skill as neither has a reliable all-in yet. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is a wash between her Q poke and your on-hit trades. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain even around dodging her shroud engage. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 base is even until totems and ults trade. |
| First item | Locke | Locke favoured — Purgatory grounds her dash escapes after the shroud. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Late game evens back to a pure assassin coinflip. |
Levels 1-2 are even: Akali's Q pokes and slows but costs heavy energy, so trade back with Soul Nails marks and she cannot sustain a war without going empty.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Locke's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Locke vs Akali 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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Akali, slightly — Locke wins 47.4% of 2,154 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Akali has a small statistical edge (52.6% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Akali has the slight edge (Locke wins 47.4%), though it stays close.
Locke runs Electrocute · Sudden Impact · Sixth Sense · Ultimate Hunter · Bone Plating · Second Wind vs Akali.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — sustain drags them back above your floor. Build Lich Bane first, then Shadowflame / Zhonya's (vs dive), with Mercury's Treads.
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Also played in: Mid Lane