How to win lane as Locke against Kennen · 51.17% win rate over 342 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Kennen's shuriken range and Mark poke beat your melee trades at levels 3-5, so it's a skill matchup on patience. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Kennen keeps out-poking you at 4-5; playing around his cooldowns keeps it even rather than losing. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Even farming, careful positioning around his shurikens keeps the lane balanced through the pre-6 window. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Neither side commits fully before 5 — respecting his stun keeps trades neutral. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 raw stats are even, but the all-in tools tilt on execution — skill decides who wins the first fight. |
| First item | Locke | Purgatory plus your dive threat punishes Kennen's total lack of sustain, giving Locke the clear level-6 all-in edge. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Late-game his teamfight R matches your pick potential, so the matchup stays a skill test into the fight phase. |
Kennen wins the raw poke war, so respect his range and farm patiently — trade only when his shuriken is down and use Ritual Nails to punish his energy-hungry harass rather than walking into a Mark stun.
The full Locke vs Kennen 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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