How to win lane as Locke against Yone · 49.13% win rate (1,783 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He dives better than you duel — this lane is a mark tax and a totem trap, not a fair fight. Respect the stat-check and farm the execute.
Track: Yone's E — Soul Unbound (22–10s cooldown). His burst window — survive it and punish the body he snaps back to.
Read from Locke's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Yone.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Yone | Yone's level-1 Q pressure and safety out-trade your Ritual Nails. |
| Level 2 | Yone | At 2 his mixed burst plus your W self-damage favour him in trades. |
| Level 3 | Yone | Level 3 Q knockup into E soul-dash lets him all-in and escape. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yone | Levels 4-5 his E safety and burst beat your grey-health commit. |
| Level 6 | Yone | At 6 Fate Sealed blinks behind the line and pulls you in. |
| First item | Yone | First-item mixed scaling spikes past your W burst window. |
| Two+ items | Yone | E return-dash and R engage let him dictate fights and dodge your execute. |
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.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Locke's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Yone, slightly — Locke wins 49.13% of 1,783 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Yone has a small statistical edge (50.87% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Yone has the slight edge (Locke wins 49.13%), though it stays close.
Locke runs Electrocute · Sudden Impact · Sixth Sense · Ultimate Hunter · Bone Plating · Second Wind vs Yone.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Sheen (≈900g) — the Spellblade pattern starts here. Build Lich Bane first, then Shadowflame / Zhonya's (vs dive), with Sorcerer's Shoes.
Playing the other side? Yone vs Locke guide →
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Also played in: Mid Lane