How to win lane as Locke against Sion · 45.04% win rate over 1,079 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Skill: level 1 is even — his shield passive trades against your on-hits. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Skill: at 2 neither snowballs; it hinges on his Q charge timing. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Skill: level 3 stays even before his knockup spike lands. |
| Levels 4-5 | Sion | Sion-favoured: at 4 his charged Q + E poke let him zone you off farm. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Skill: at 6 the lane briefly evens as your R answers his engage threat. |
| First item | Sion | Sion-favoured: his zombie passive undoes your execute, so 6 tilts back to him. |
| Two+ items | Sion | Sion-favoured: with items his HP-stacking and R engage overwhelm your single-target burst. |
Early is a skill phase — respect his charged Q (Decimating Smash), which knocks you up for a full trade, and his E (Roar of the Slayer) poke. Farm carefully and only step up for Q (Ritual Nails) marks when his abilities are down; your on-hits do work but his shield passive eats a lot of it.
The full Locke vs Sion 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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