How to win lane as Locke against Cassiopeia · 54.03% win rate over 385 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even but your on-hit trade edges her thin frame. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays skill as her E needs a poison setup. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is a wash around dodging her grounding W. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain even as you punish her W cooldown. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 base is even until ults and totems trade. |
| First item | Locke | Locke favoured — a flanking E plus R Purgatory beats her Gaze. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Late evens out as her ramping DPS meets your burst. |
Levels 1-2 are even but you have the edge in a fight: Cassiopeia's Q pokes yet her E needs a poison target, so when her W is down you can E in and out-trade her thin HP with Ritual Nails.
The full Locke vs Cassiopeia 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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