How to win lane as Locke against Wukong · 45.11% win rate over 1,166 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Wukong | Wukong's level-1 Crushing Blow shred and Q reset out-trade your Ritual Nails. |
| Level 2 | Wukong | At 2 his armor-shred trade plus your W self-damage make every exchange favour him. |
| Level 3 | Wukong | Level 3 Trickster clone lets him bait your E and W and reappear to punish. |
| Levels 4-5 | Wukong | Levels 4-5 his Q-reset all-in with clone outdamages your grey-health steroid. |
| Level 6 | Wukong | Level 6 Cyclone knocks you airborne and nullifies your R Purgatory totem. |
| First item | Wukong | First-item armor and clone-baiting keep Wukong winning the all-in. |
| Two+ items | Wukong | Cyclone as a reset and his sustain keep him ahead into every teamfight. |
Wukong wins level 1-2 outright: his Crushing Blow (Q) armor shred plus the auto-reset out-trades your Ritual Nails poke, and your W Soul Ignition self-damage makes any bad trade lethal. Last-hit at range and don't walk into his empowered Q.
The full Locke vs Wukong 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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