How to win lane as Locke against Ryze · 50.92% win rate over 597 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even — his Q poke is answered by your on-hit walk-ups. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | At 2 trades stay skill-based and gated by his W root landing. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 dodging Rune Prison keeps his Q combo in check for an even lane. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay even, revolving around who wins the root mind-game. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 5 it's still even before his mana items come online. |
| First item | Even / skill | Level 6 stays even since Realm Warp is macro, not a dueling tool. |
| Two+ items | Ryze | Post-items Ryze's mana-stacked Q spam and shield out-scale and out-DPS you. |
Levels 1-2 it's an even skill lane: Ryze pokes with Overload (Q) but you can walk up on the cooldown and pressure with Silver Stake on-hit. His damage is entirely gated by whether Rune Prison (W) lands to enable his Q reset, so respect the root range and trade in the gaps.
The full Locke vs Ryze 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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