How to win lane as Locke against Ryze · 50.92% win rate (597 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
A poke war you enter at 125 range — pay the toll early, then one blink turns his kite into a coffin the moment the nails land.
Track: Ryze's W — Rune Prison (11–9s cooldown). Point-blank root — respect the EQ chain that follows it.
Read from Locke's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Ryze.
This is Locke's own plan; across 597 pooled games the lane is leaning Locke.
| 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, gated by whether Flux is on you. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 denying Spell Flux keeps Rune Prison a slow, not a root — 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 Overload spam out-scales and out-DPSes 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.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Locke's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Locke, slightly — a 50.92% win rate edge over 597 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Locke has a small statistical edge (50.92% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Locke has a slight edge (50.92% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Locke runs Electrocute · Sudden Impact · Sixth Sense · Ultimate Hunter · Bone Plating · Second Wind vs Ryze.
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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Also played in: Mid Lane