How to win lane as Locke against Yone · 49.13% win rate over 1,783 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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 | Level 6 Fate Sealed catches your W and nullifies your R totem. |
| 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.
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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Also played in: Mid Lane