How to win lane as Locke against Trundle · 49.19% win rate over 248 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Trundle | Trundle's Chomp bite steals AD and heals, bullying level 1. |
| Level 2 | Trundle | His sustain and bite math beat your self-damaging trades at 2. |
| Level 3 | Trundle | Frozen Domain at 3 turns every skirmish into his healing zone. |
| Levels 4-5 | Trundle | He stays ahead on stolen stats and sustain through 4-5. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Even at 6 your Purgatory neutralizes his Subjugate if timed right. |
| First item | Locke | Your first-item burst plus a saved execute totem lets you delete him. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Late fights come down to Skill and whether you ult him post-Subjugate. |
Trundle bullies levels 1-3: his Chomp bite steals your AD while healing him, so avoid greedy Q-nail trades that let him bite back into free sustain. Respect that his Frozen Domain arriving at 3 turns any skirmish into his home turf, and your W self-damage only helps his bite math. Farm safe, poke with Q from max range, and don't commit E until you have a burst window.
The full Locke vs Trundle 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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