How to win lane as Locke against Irelia · 43.55% win rate over 1,286 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Irelia | Level 1 is Irelia — Bladesurge (Q) resets keep her sticky and ahead. |
| Level 2 | Irelia | Level 2 is Irelia as her stacked trades snowball on you. |
| Level 3 | Irelia | Level 3 is Irelia with Defiant Dance (W) shielding your damage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Irelia | Levels 4-5 favour Irelia — Flawless Duet (E) stun punishes your engage. |
| Level 6 | Irelia | Level 6 is Irelia because R walls off your Purgatory execute. |
| First item | Irelia | First item keeps Irelia ahead as her sustain beats your one-combo burst. |
| Two+ items | Irelia | 2+ items is Irelia — she out-scales as a reset duelist you can't cleanly kill. |
Irelia beats you from level 1: Bladesurge (Q) resets keep her sticky and topped up, and once she gets a couple of stacks her trades snowball out of control. Deny her Q reset targets by managing the wave, respect the Flawless Duet (E) stun, and don't feed her passive stacks with careless P trades.
The full Locke vs Irelia 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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