How to win lane as Locke against Malphite · 48.22% win rate over 1,408 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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.
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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