How to win lane as Locke against Kayle · 53.94% win rate over 406 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even: she's weak but built to survive your chip. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays even — you press, she farms through it safely. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is even as your dash-in only chips a champion made to endure it. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay even; she scales toward 6 as your edge fails to convert. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is even: her R invulnerability cancels your all-in and execute. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item stays even as her ranged form starts kiting your burst. |
| Two+ items | Kayle | Two-plus items: ranged DPS plus R invuln make late entirely Kayle's. |
Kayle is one of the weakest lane champions before 6 — melee, no waveclear, no mobility — so the early skill test is purely whether you can convert that into real kills rather than just chip. Q slow, E in, W burst, and try to deny her farm, but know she's designed to weather this phase.
The full Locke vs Kayle 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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