How to win lane as Locke against Gwen · 47.81% win rate (389 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
She dives better than you duel — this lane is a mark tax and a totem trap, not a fair fight. Respect the stat-check and farm the execute.
Track: Gwen's W — Hallowed Mist (22–18s cooldown). Untargetable from outside the mist — never burn damage into it.
Read from Locke's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Gwen.
This is Locke's own plan; across 389 pooled games the lane is leaning Gwen.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — both poke with no engage online. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays skill as her Q true damage matches your P chip. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is even — Hallowed Mist (W) offsets your E gap-close. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain skill-based with neither committing. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 opens your window — Purgatory answers. |
| First item | Locke | First item favours you — Purgatory executes her through the mist. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | 2+ items returns to skill as her W and Needlework (R) give her escape outs. |
Levels 1-4 are skill: Gwen pokes with Snip Snip! (Q) and hides inside Hallowed Mist (W, 22s) where you cannot target her from outside, and her passive heals off every champion hit, so buy anti-heal rather than out-chipping her. Bait the W, respect the Q true damage.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Locke's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Locke vs Gwen 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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Gwen, slightly — Locke wins 47.81% of 389 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Gwen has a small statistical edge (52.19% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Gwen has the slight edge (Locke wins 47.81%), though it stays close.
Locke runs Electrocute · Sudden Impact · Sixth Sense · Ultimate Hunter · Bone Plating · Second Wind vs Gwen.
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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