How to win lane as Locke against Malphite · 48.22% win rate (1,408 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He out-lasts, you out-floor — the lane is a farm-off where your execute eventually makes his HP bar a rounding error.
Track: Malphite's R — Unstoppable Force (130–100s cooldown). Unstoppable engage — usually banked for teamfights, punish lane passivity.
Read from Locke's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Malphite.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Even early — his shield and Q slow trade against your marks, no kill. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Skill spacing still decides level 2 before his armor comes online. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Neither champ kills the other at level 3; it stays a poke duel. |
| Levels 4-5 | Malphite | His W plus first armor and passive shield start blunting your burst at 4-5. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 evens out — his unmissable R danger against your execute potential. |
| First item | Malphite | His armor and shield out-sustain your on-hit poke after first item. |
| Two+ items | Malphite | Late he's an armor wall with a fight-swinging R your burst can't out-race. |
A skill lane at level 1-3. Malphite's passive shield and Q slow make poke awkward, but before he itemizes armor your Ritual Nails marks and Silver Stake still bite. Dodge Seismic Shard, stack marks when his shield is down, and don't let him chunk you with a Q-into-Thunderclap combo. Neither snowballs the other yet.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Locke's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Locke vs Malphite 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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Malphite, slightly — Locke wins 48.22% of 1,408 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Malphite has a small statistical edge (51.78% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Malphite has the slight edge (Locke wins 48.22%), though it stays close.
Locke runs Electrocute · Sudden Impact · Sixth Sense · Ultimate Hunter · Bone Plating · Second Wind vs Malphite.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Sheen (≈900g) — the Spellblade pattern starts here. Build Lich Bane first, then Shadowflame / Zhonya's (vs dive), with Mercury's Treads.
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