How to win lane as Locke against Master Yi · 50.6% win rate over 233 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Locke | Q Ritual Nails poke and Silver Stake on-hits bully his bare melee kit from level 1. |
| Level 2 | Locke | At 2 your poke-slow pattern keeps beating a Yi whose only answer is one Alpha Strike. |
| Level 3 | Locke | Level 3 stays yours - nail marks into W burst chunk him while E Ashen Pursuit dodges his engage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 even out as his resets and ramping attack speed let him farm through your poke. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is a skill window - your totem executes his commit, but Alpha Strike can dodge the killing beat. |
| First item | Master Yi | His first item and Wuju true damage out-race your burst window. |
| Two+ items | Master Yi | Two-plus items his resets and true-damage DPS out-scale your one-combo pattern. |
Levels 1-3 are yours outright: Q Ritual Nails poke and Silver Stake on-hits tax a melee champion with no items and one Alpha Strike, and E Ashen Pursuit resets mean even his best engage lands on empty ground - bleed him off every wave and bank the lead your late game will need.
The full Locke vs Master Yi 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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