Locke vs Yone — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Locke against Yone · 49.13% win rate over 1,783 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Yone is favoured — Yone owns 7 of the 7 game windows. Play it patient and win your windows. Locke wins 49.13% of games vs Yone in top lane (1,783 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1YoneYone's level-1 Q pressure and safety out-trade your Ritual Nails.
Level 2YoneAt 2 his mixed burst plus your W self-damage favour him in trades.
Level 3YoneLevel 3 Q knockup into E soul-dash lets him all-in and escape.
Levels 4-5YoneLevels 4-5 his E safety and burst beat your grey-health commit.
Level 6YoneLevel 6 Fate Sealed catches your W and nullifies your R totem.
First itemYoneFirst-item mixed scaling spikes past your W burst window.
Two+ itemsYoneE return-dash and R engage let him dictate fights and dodge your execute.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Yone wins level 1-2: his Q pressure and safety out-trade your Ritual Nails, and your W self-damage makes any bad exchange fatal against his mixed burst. Farm at range and don't get hit by the third-hit Q.

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The full Locke vs Yone 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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