Locke vs Wukong — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Locke against Wukong · 45.11% win rate over 1,166 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Wukong is favoured — Wukong owns 7 of the 7 game windows. Play it patient and win your windows. Locke wins 45.11% of games vs Wukong in top lane (1,166 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1WukongWukong's level-1 Crushing Blow shred and Q reset out-trade your Ritual Nails.
Level 2WukongAt 2 his armor-shred trade plus your W self-damage make every exchange favour him.
Level 3WukongLevel 3 Trickster clone lets him bait your E and W and reappear to punish.
Levels 4-5WukongLevels 4-5 his Q-reset all-in with clone outdamages your grey-health steroid.
Level 6WukongLevel 6 Cyclone knocks you airborne and nullifies your R Purgatory totem.
First itemWukongFirst-item armor and clone-baiting keep Wukong winning the all-in.
Two+ itemsWukongCyclone as a reset and his sustain keep him ahead into every teamfight.

Early game (levels 1–5)

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.

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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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