How to win lane as Locke against Kled · 46.01% win rate over 363 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Kled | Kled's level-1 Q pull and Skaarl second health bar bully you outright. |
| Level 2 | Kled | Kled controls level 2 with Q range and W attack-speed trades. |
| Level 3 | Kled | Kled's W shred and E dash-dodge win the level-3 all-in. |
| Levels 4-5 | Kled | Through 4-5 Kled out-trades you with W steroid and two health bars. |
| Level 6 | Kled | Kled's level-6 R re-mount survives your execute and out-sustains your W. |
| First item | Kled | Kled's first-item on-hit spike walls your burst behind his HP pool. |
| Two+ items | Kled | Kled's two health bars and re-mount sustain win every late fight. |
Kled bullies you from level 1: his Q Bear Trap on a Rope is a long-range pull that yanks him onto you with a damaging slow, and his passive Skaarl gives him a second health bar you have to chew through. You can't out-trade that, so respect his Q range and give up the early aggression.
The full Locke vs Kled 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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