How to win lane as Locke against K'Sante · 52.56% win rate over 782 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Locke | Silver Stake and Ritual Nails punish his huge HP bar while his level-1 damage is nil. |
| Level 2 | Locke | Your marks keep out-trading a K'Sante whose early All Out is weak. |
| Level 3 | Locke | Grey-health W trades erode him faster than he sustains at level 3. |
| Levels 4-5 | Locke | You out-DPS his tankiness through 4-5 and dodge the pull-stun with E. |
| Level 6 | Locke | Purgatory ignores effective HP and punishes his stripped resistances in All Out. |
| First item | Locke | Your AP spike plus missing-HP on-hit beats his bruiser first item. |
| Two+ items | Locke | Percent-execute scaling means his HP stacking never lets him escape you late. |
You own the early lane. Ritual Nails marks plus Silver Stake's missing-HP on-hit shred a health pool this large, and K'Sante's level 1-2 damage is negligible while his W stun is slow and dodgeable. Keep your distance from the second Ntofo Strike, poke on cooldowns, and you dictate every trade.
The full Locke vs K'Sante 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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