How to win lane as Locke against Yasuo · 50.05% win rate over 2,100 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yasuo | Yasuo's Wind Wall and passive shield blank your level-1 Q poke. |
| Level 2 | Yasuo | At 2 his shield and E spacing out-trade your Ritual Nails. |
| Level 3 | Yasuo | Level 3 double-Q into E dash lets him trade for free through your W self-damage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yasuo | Levels 4-5 flow shield and mobility beat your grey-health commit. |
| Level 6 | Yasuo | Level 6 R off a knockup juggles you and nullifies your R totem. |
| First item | Yasuo | First crit item spikes his autos past your W burst window. |
| Two+ items | Yasuo | Sustained crit plus Wind Wall shut down your poke and execute late. |
Yasuo wins the early lane: Wind Wall (W) negates your Q Ritual Nails poke and his passive shield eats chip, while your W self-damage punishes any misstep. Farm safely and don't feed his E dash resets off the minion wave.
The full Locke vs Yasuo 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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