How to win lane as Locke against Vayne · 49.31% win rate over 1,156 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Vayne | Tumble spacing and W true damage beat your level-1 trades. |
| Level 2 | Vayne | Silver Bolts shred through your grey health at level 2. |
| Level 3 | Vayne | Condemn wall-stun punishes your level-3 E gap-close. |
| Levels 4-5 | Vayne | Her kiting and true-damage scaling keep her ahead through 4-5. |
| Level 6 | Vayne | Final Hour stealth dodges your Purgatory commit at 6. |
| First item | Vayne | Post-item her W bolts out-damage your single burst. |
| Two+ items | Vayne | Late, percent-HP true damage and R stealth beat your whole kit. |
Vayne out-spaces you from level 1. Tumble keeps her outside your Q-nail range, and Silver Bolts' third-hit true damage cuts through the grey health your W grants, so you take net-negative trades even when you land nails. Never E onto her near a wall or Condemn stuns and executes you. Farm safe, dodge her repositioning, and don't feed her early kills that snowball her scaling.
The full Locke vs Vayne 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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