How to win lane as Locke against Zac · 51.43% win rate over 593 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Even on skill at 1 as your on-hit poke meets his blob sustain. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays a skill trade around his healing blobs. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 remains even as your Q burst trades with his sustain. |
| Levels 4-5 | Zac | Levels 4-5 favour Zac: Slingshot engage and blob sustain spike him. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is even-ish as your R totem can execute an over-committed Zac. |
| First item | Zac | First health item and blob revive out-heal your grey-health steroid. |
| Two+ items | Zac | Late Zac's HP pool and revive survive your poke and execute threshold. |
Skill matchup at 1-3: your P Silver Stake on-hit and Q poke can chunk Zac, but his blob passive heals most of it back, so trade only when his blobs are gone. Don't get grabbed by his double-Q.
The full Locke vs Zac 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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